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Gray and cool today with moment of sunshine\u2014the latter just not when I headed out for my walk. It started to rain, but I was already committed, if not a little underdressed for it. Thankfully, it didn\u2019t last long. The real thunderstorm hit later this evening. On my walk I took a shorter route in a direction I normally don\u2019t go and came across one of the town\u2019s historical markers. I\u2019ve probably seen the sign many times, but I\u2019ve never stopped to read it. Funny to think my little town was a summer getaway for DC residents. Today, some people look down on us, the red-headed stepchild of some of the more chichi regional communities. Properties right \u201cnext door\u201d are 30% higher. I have few complaints about my adopted community, where I\u2019ve lived for 20 years now\u2014longer than anywhere in my life.<\/p>\n

The picture on the historical marker shows 19th<\/sup>-century folk gathered in front of a big house, which is long gone, replaced by a 7-Eleven and upmarket townhomes. I\u2019d love to go back in time 200 years to see what this region looked like before we stole it from the native inhabitants. I\u2019m guessing much of my town was a swamp, or wetlands and wet woodlands, judging by all the water and where it flows, oftentimes in peoples\u2019 basements after a good downpour.<\/p>\n

We got our first Covid shots today following a tip from a friend who got her doctor to allow us to register with him for the vaccine, circumventing the slow county roll out. We didn\u2019t expect a hallway full of others. There a dozen people ahead of us and close to two dozen behind us after we\u2019d waiting in line for 20 minutes (not a whole lotta physical distancing going on). But they were well organized and friendly. One down, one to go!<\/p>\n

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