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RoCo explores a physical space in Howard, seeking to uncover how the area’s shared spaces take shape.

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RoCo explores a physical space in Howard, seeking to uncover how the area’s shared spaces take shape.

Why You Should Donate to The Park School of Baltimore NOW!

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So often, when you visit a place you frequented as a child, you think, “It looks so small.” But The Park School of Baltimore, where I attended 9th through 12th grades, seemed bigger. It’s a big place where big things are happening. When I talked to each of the interview subjects for this article, I imagined myself as one of their students. I felt safe, validated, and like these people really cared–in every moment I was with them–that I get the most out of the experience. Our time was limited to thirty or so minutes, so it gained a heightened … Read more

Getting to Know Robin Holliday of HorseSpirit Arts Gallery

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2Dear HoCo Diary, This entry is about a HoCo location, but also a business, and as ever with mine and Colleen’s writings on this website, it’s about a person. The location is Old Ellicott City (OEC), the business is HorseSpirit Arts gallery, and the person is Robin Holliday. She curates the second item on that list, and at one time it was located in the heart of OEC on Main Street. It was destroyed in the 20136 flood. Holliday, loyal to the community she loved, elected to bring HorseSpirit back there. “People asked me why would I bring my business back … Read more

The Howard County Farm Bureau and the Howard County Fair Association–What a Pair!

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“Such a long drive…” These four words came to me again and again during another vehicular hike down a long roadway, the first being the trip I took to Annap0lis to meet with State Senator Guy Guzzone (D-13). I’m a city slicker, after all, born and raised on the Island of Manhattan. There are long distances and commutes of all sorts there, to be sure, but they’re broken up by traffic lights, honking, strange looks from pedestrians, the aromas of whatever dining establishment you’re passing by, alternately crowded residential neighborhoods and even more crowded commercial ones, and the sensation of … Read more