With May being national bike month today is officially "Bike to Work Day." ...

It's not quite cranes in the air, but today we're a baby step closer to a livable, walkable downtown Columbia.  David ...

The first plan for real, honest-to-goodness residential development in downtown Columbia has seen the light of day, and it& ...

While world leaders encamp at Camp David in Frederick Countythis weekend and world class thoroughbreds compete at Pimilico ...

We baby boomers are good at one thing---denying the advances of age (remember we are the generation that once proclaimed "n ...

Hey Folks, did you miss me? Sorry I have been gone so long, there just isn't any good excuse for it, other than I was busy, ...

Wine in the Woods is this weekend, and lots of people are going to go out and enjoy weather, food, and wine at Symphony Woo ...

At last nights Columbia Foundation Spring Party, Courtney Watson shared a photo with me of her with Chuck Ecker, Jim Robey ...

     I recently read a report about a woman who had created a family bucket list.  Most of us are tired ...

Bill Santos tweeted yesterday about Walkscore's new Bikescore index, which spits out a numeric score of bike-friendliness i ...

Michael Cornell, CA Board Member from River Hill and sometimes guest blogger, has a nice piece over at HoCoRising abou ...

The State Highway Administration plans to use a relatively new technique to replace two 63 year old bridges that carry West ...

It takes a lot of people to make our county run.  For a moment, lets consider these folks:  store clerks, janitor ...

Whoo-hoo!  Tonight, tonight, tonight is the annual Columbia Foundation Spring Party!  And MM will be in appearance.... on ...

   This past Saturday the Columbia Archives hosted the first walking tours of areas around Town Center.  The ...

Earlier this month, the tragic double-murder and suicide at St. Peters Church in Ellicott City grabbed local headlines. &nb ...

The Forest Diner in Ellicott Cityis closing this month. After sixty six years, this venerable HoCo institution will serve i ...

     It seems like one of those unexplained questions.  With the majority of people responding to ...

So I was out Saturday getting six miles under my feet, in preparation for the Baltimore 10-miler next month.  I was about ...

As I climbed into the gondola of Pinwheel yesterday morning it occurred to me that some might think the balloon wouldn ...

Happy Mothers Day     Time magazine had an article on the well being of mothers in over 160 countrie ...

Looks as if an agreement is evolving between the Department of Education and Department of Recreation and Parks regarding t ...

    I have been checking the Larriland website to see if the warmer Spring has brought on the strawberry cro ...

Thursday night, Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake was in Howard County, cutting a rug with none other than The Diabo ...

At yesterday’s Board of Education meeting, school board member Brian Meshkin urged his colleagues to vote down the latest ...

     While the new Miller Library in Ellicott City opened last December the Enchanted Garden had to wai ...

So our General Assembly goes into its special session on Monday.  This is the special session which is supposed to result ...

Last Friday Mama Wordbones and I faced a typical HoCo Friday night dilemma, where to eat.Before any loco “joy of cookingâ ...

Comments made to blog posts are both a blessing and a curse. On the one hand, having a dialogue with readers, even those wh ...

If you’re anything like me your inbox is frequently filled with newsletters, some important, many not so much.  (I often ...