The PS! Book Club members seemed to enjoy this month’s selection: A Woman of Intelligence by Karin Tanabe. It certainly gave us food for thought and discussion to contrast a woman’s role in the home and the business world in 2020s and 1970s with the protagonists in the early 1950s. Add in the Civil Rights movement, McCarthy hearings, and the Red Scare, and the life of this young, wealthy, and bored […]
October, Global Diversity Awareness Month, presents the perfect opportunity to learn more about new cultures, and explore the diversity that makes the world such a wonderful place.
As the world becomes more and more connected and globalized, it’s important to remember that a ‘global monoculture’, or a homogenization of cultures, can overshadow traditional cultures and unique traits of people. Embracing cultural diversity – in all aspects of life – can help to avoid […]
Mark your calendar for October 12th and prepare for your vote! The upcoming November election for Maryland Governor will have far reaching consequences for all Maryland residents for years to come. The candidates, Democrat Wes Moore and Republican Dan Cox, will face each other in a gubernatorial debate on October 12th at 7:00 p.m. Voters will have an opportunity to compare the sharp political differences between […]
Recent area house fires related to overheated or exploding lithium-ion batteries should be a caution to us all. Very few of us with cell a phone, laptop, cordless power tool, e-cigarette, or hybrid/electric automobile can avoid the use of a rechargeable lithium-ion battery. There are, however, some simple strategies to make their use safer.
Do not store items with batteries in too hot or too cold conditions. Ideally, you should keep your lithium […]
This Summer, local poet and creative writing teacher, Bernie Jankowski, nurtured the first ‘Nature Writing from the Ag Reserve’ workshop at Riverworks Art Center. Writers of all levels were encouraged to seek creative inspiration and turn their observations, feelings, and deep connections to Ag Reserve into poems and journal entries.
With the permission of the writer, we are bringing you two compositions by Lauren G. Koch during Nature Writing Class inspired by the […]
Go Hog Wild and get your place at the table and on the dance floor for Poolesville Seniors’ Pig Roast & Line Dancing on October 15th from 6:00 – 10:00 p.m. Bring your family, friends, and neighbors to join the fun at the Linden Farm Gothic Barn in Dickerson. Kick up your heels with music from DJ Zach Etheridge, dance instruction and line dancing with Robin Marshall, shredded […]
Please join Montgomery Countryside Alliance on September 25th for the 15th Anniversary of the Montgomery County Farm Tour Bike Ride which benefits the Reserve and the quest to protect this special place. Riders can choose from routes of around 6, 18, 25, 30+, and 62 miles through quiet, rolling landscapes dotted with the Reserve’s orchards, red barns, and silos. You’ll enjoy quiet roads, rural vistas, and landscapes. Many routes include views of […]
Thank you everyone who came out to support Poolesville Seniors on Poolesville Day 2022. Whether you were one of our marchers chanting to throngs of parade onlookers to Stay Active, manned our booth, or stopped by to learn more about our organization and sign up for our newsletter, we so appreciated getting to spend time with you. Thank you to those who signed up for our PS Postscript newsletter. Your name will be entered […]
Thanks to Jon Wolz who took us to the tow path at White’s Ferry and showed us the groves of pawpaw trees. It was an excellent day for pawpaw gathering. The weather was sunny and in the 70’s, and the paw paws were so plentiful that the group finished getting all they wanted in about 45 minutes. We began by […]
What Happened on this Date in History
September 19
1881 – President Garfield dies after assassination attempt 80 days earlier
1893 – New Zealand first country to grant women’s suffrage
1941 – Germans bombard Leningrad
1955 – Juan Peron deposed as leader of Argentina by military coup
1957 – First-ever underground nuclear explosion takes place in Nevada
1959 – Khrushchev barred from Disneyland
1969 – Nixon ends draft