On 7 July, I learned my job as director of communications had been excised as of that day. I had an inverse reaction to this sudden surgery, not unlike what so often happens in a shiva house, the bereaved comforting those who come to offer comfort.

Twenty-five years ago today, it was announced that the McCormick Spice Company would abandon its landmark Inner Harbor building and the Rouse Company would tear it down. Demolition Still Makes No Scents. Intense civic pride for McCormick, homegrown and wor.

Making cheese - and jobs - in the City of Baltimore. Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free. Awaiting my first class at the Vermont Institute for Artisan Cheese. At the University of Vermont, I solemnly, silently swore to my late sister Sharon. How hilarious that a year after writing about forming Cheese Happens LLC in Let Freedom Ring.

Food in the City of Baltimore. Amazed at finding little of true nutritional value, I suggested to the owner he might add bananas and oranges to his offerings.

Entertaining, crafting, homekeeping and living in Baltimore City and Rehoboth Beach. Hosted by lifestyle guru Donna Beth Joy Shapiro. May I take her picture? Do you dress in black and grey or black and white to match your dog? Slits and once a hijab.