(Editor’s Note: I’m on vacation this week, so we are reprinting a column from four years ago this week.)The family is packed up and headed to Disney World.This has been planned for months, but we didn’t let the kids know about it until a couple weeks ago for a few reasons.One, we didn’t want them… Read more »
Optimistically putting away the snow shovelMy son’s red hair and blue eyesReading biographies of historic figuresVisiting a new placeWatching my kids play togetherWhen something happens that you know you will never forgetReading about Autism and CBD OilSteamed crabs anytime, anywhereCharcoal grillingGetting a server I knowA bottle of wine and a movie with my wife
It appears schools in Maryland will head back before Labor Day in the near future. It could even occur as early as this summer.With this week’s legislative action, many school systems will quickly get to work on revising their existing school calendars for the 2019-20 school year. In fact, many school systems on the western… Read more »
The creative outfits at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade each yearBeing outside with my kidsA bookcase full of encyclopediasEarly mornings at homeEasy conversationsSummer band tour announcementsPeople who don’t get stage frightEverything about ‘The Biggest Little Farm’A freshly cut, and lined athletic fieldListening to a good coach’s locker room talkReading parenting blogs
After much hot air was blown around at the first meeting, the Ocean City Parking Task Force is now getting to work on the true objective of the effort – deciding on how to make more money for the city without hurting the commercial sector, angering residents and alienating visitors.We advocate for keeping things simple…. Read more »
Listening to Beckett sing in the shower is a highlight of my day.If I have the time, I will sit outside the bathroom and listen to him bounce from song to song. He typically sings a few lines he knows and then ad libs a bit because he can’t remember all the words. When he… Read more »
Many parents, including me, live in disparate worlds vacillating between the realms of guilt and anxiety and pride and love.If you read this column weekly or semi-regularly, you well understand this has morphed into a journal of sorts. I view thoughts and experiences shared here as something that a reader may identify with and feel… Read more »
Coming across an old and huge cell phoneSuccessful fundraisersA wireless keyboard, mouseWhen kids show characterWatching a talented auctioneer at workReading about something I know nothing aboutMy current effort to not eat breadLong lines that move fastWhen pants aren’t needed for a vacationSurprising my kidsA thunderstorm approaching over the bay
If it feels like Maryland just increased its minimum wage, that’s because it has annually for the last four years. From 2015-2018, minimum wage jumped from $7.25 an hour to $10.10 an hour as part of a legislative package approved in 2014.With that increase now in place, the Maryland legislature seems intent on approving a… Read more »
Ocean City officials want everyone to know there has been no decision on growing paid parking and it’s not the primary charge of the recently convened parking task force.At the outset of the task force meeting, Mayor Rick Meehan, who does not support more paid parking but without a council vote doesn’t control the decision,… Read more »
