Johnny, We Hardly Knew Ye

In an earlier post, I wrote about  life according to Stephen Colbert .  That post quoted a NY Times article which stated: In 1974, w...

One of John's many enduring legacies is the technology fund established in his memory back in 2007.    The original concept behind this ...

A dear friend of the family and musical performer at each of the nine Fests to date, Stryker, composed especially for this year's JW Kic...

It was a hot and muggy day, but the rain never came and the 9th Annual JW Kickball & Kegger Family Fest was another great success.  Than...

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2008  2015 For those not familiar with it, central to JW's memorial at John's parents' home in Southern Maryland is a...

Like all April 7ths, today was rather aimless for me.  I decided to go to work because it was as good a place as any to spend the day.  A fe...

After Mass this Easter morning, Mom, Dad, Mike, Jes, Gina, Donny, Ariana and Bentley ended up at John's gravesite, two days shy of the e...

This past weekend, John's mom presented John's brother-in-law to-be (and his little sister's husband to-be) with the latest JW q...

When asked by her Daddy what was the most memorable part of her Christmas, John's niece, Ariana, responded without any prompting whatsoe...

For Christmas, John's mom gave me a print of a map of Adams Morgan, DC My first reaction upon unwrapping it was how much of a kick JW ...

A special part of the recent commemoration of the 40th wedding anniversary of John's parents was the presentation of three more "Q...

At JW's memorial .

Came across this picture today of JW taking his little sis out for a spin in his Mazda RX-8 sports car. The car was one of JW's indulg...

What better way to commeorate 40 years of marriage than to present to some very special people yet three more quilts made, in part, out of t...

For a very real perspective on birthdays, click on this link  for an audio clip from an excellent British TV show, Happy Valley , viewable o...

As John's mom & dad celebrated their 40th wedding anniversary with all those who meant so much to them over the years, John was ther...

Recall this post   from over five years ago when we brought JW's home possessions up to Ithaca, NY when John's little sis moved in t...