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Join Sarah Hedlund from the Montgomery History Speaker’s Bureau on September 8th at 7:00 p.m. when she explains the basics of organizing and preserving your family’s documents and photographs. Sarah is the archivist and librarian for Montgomery History’s Jane C. Sween Research Library and Special Collections. 

Every family has papers and photographs sitting around—dad’s letters from the war, mom’s recipe cards and photo albums, various diplomas and certificates from three […]

Join Poolesville Seniors on August 18th @7pm for next Historic Ag Reserve Properties presentation with local historian Kenny Sholes. The lands around us have played an important part in American history over the last few centuries. The fields we pass through each day have spurred economic development, been the scene of battles, provided escape from the pace of daily life, and brought families together at the dinner table. Dotting this landscape is an array of impressive historic […]

Join the PS! Book Club on August 15th at 7:00 pm, for a thoughtful discussion of the August Book Club Selection: The Glass Hotel by Emily St. John Mandel. 

The award-winning author of Station Eleven, brings us an exhilarating novel set at the glittering intersection of two seemingly disparate events–a massive Ponzi scheme collapse and the mysterious disappearance of a woman from a ship at sea. It […]

Join Rande Davis on August 11th at 7:00 p.m. for a special Monocacy Monocle Mystery History – Historic Medley District Tidbits

The Biden administration recently advised renewed caution about COVID-19, emphasizing the importance of booster shots for those who are eligible, and recommending mask wearing indoors. This reflects the appearance of new highly transmissible variants which are rapidly spreading, and more contagious than their predecessors. Staying up to date on your COVID-19 vaccines will provide the best protection against severe outcomes.  

Dr. Rochelle Walensky, director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has […]

There are still some interesting reads on the PS! Book Club list for 2022. We have an excellent group of regular and occasional participants. Our reading choices include some books we might not ordinarily have chosen for ourselves. 

There is no need to travel, and you can join us from wherever you are located. This friendly, non-academic, non-judgmental group meets on Zoom. We are happy to have you join us for any of […]

It has taken us a while, more than a year, since we first started climbing that mountain to get 100 YouTube subscribers!   

This past week we reached our goal of 100 subscribers. Instead of an alpha-numeric designation, Poolesville Seniors now qualifies for a dedicated, named channel that will make it easier for you, our patrons, to access our YouTube channel to find the great recorded programming we post there.  

True to our […]

While most people think of John Denver and West Virginia when they hear “Take me Home, Country Roads”, its actual origin is much closer to home. The song was written by Bill Danoff and Taffy (Mary Catherine) Nivert, and completed with the help of John Denver. 

Danoff was studying Chinese at Georgetown University, on track for a Foreign Service career. At night he was a doorman at one of the coolest small […]

Let’s Celebrate Our August Birthdays!! 

•  8/11 Laura Dietz 
• 8/12 Ronald Chesemore 
• 8/21 Tookie Gentilcore 
• 8/26 Chris Jacklin 
• 8/27 Maria Briancon 

 Congratulations! 

Many thanks to Dalis Davidson who graciously showed us around her Dancing Leaf Farm and invited us into her fiber studio to observe her vertically integrated business that we playfully titled “Sheep to Shawl”. Dalis raises her own wool sheep, and explained the process of harvesting the wool, from sheering, carding, washing, spinning it into skeins, dying, and using the yarn in shawls, scarves, mittens, and other wearable art. She also demonstrated the Numo felting process where the […]