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March 23, 2007
I thought those of you who've expressed at least a passing interest in dcMemorials.com, HenryMerwinShrady.comor SolbergFarms.commight like a brief update from time to time on what's going on here. ... So here goes ...
- I was delighted that the Washington Post's "Answer Man," John Kelly, caught up w/ me in Billings, Montanalast month. dcMemorials scored some comments at the end of his column, "Answer Man Catches Up With Doyens of Public Art,"a few days later. A mention in the same breath as James M. Goodeis pretty heady stuff!
- I was motivated by John's note on "...the old myth that which hoof an equestrian statue's horse has in the air denotes what became of the rider..." to create my equestrian page. Deflating the myth is less than half the fun. After you browse a few of the 25-ish equestrians featured there, take a stroll down Wikipedia lane & read up on the subjects of those statues.
- On the way home from a business trip to Wheeling, West Virginia, I made a wonderful stop at Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. All I can say is, "Wow." At the Gettysburg page, you'll find over 30 memorials pictured so far. There are around a thousand photos of well over 100 more to go & that's far from the end of that. Stay tuned.
- On a less effusive note, while stepping backwards for a better angle on the Mississippi State Memorial, I twisted my ankle & there went marathon #7for the time being. Bummer. Running in the frigid cold (temperature = -22 F the day I left!) of Billings& Malta, Montana a few weeks earlier whacked my back and, oh yeah, the 26.2 miles at Harrisburg, Pennsylvaniadid something to my left hamstring. The running's on the back burner for a few weeks. But only a few.
- Speaking of that, you might not guess that marathons & dcMemorials.comare a great fit. Without the stamina that accrues from the former, the latter would sport a far cry from its current 4,000+ photos (& at least that many in the queue) of more than 500 individual attractionsin D.C. & beyond.
- Oh yes, and on the way to Wheeling, I spent a few hours in Frederick& Hagerstown, Maryland & Morgantown, West Virginia (no pics posted yet). I'm starting to consider how to re-structure things to prevent these non-D.C. items from obscuring my primary focus. My ongoing battle with Vista (what a nightmare) has delayed those efforts still further.
As you might guess, this all is a bit of a drain on the pocketbook. So, "Thanks!" to those of you who've visited the websites of my sponsors or who've purchased something in the bookstore. I try to keep the ads (from which I get a few pennies per click) to a minimum so as not to detract from the good stuff. You might not have even noticed the few on the home page or those in the upper corners of the picture pages -- & that's not all bad.
Well, I've penned more than enough for now. I hope you'll keep checking back at the site to see what's new. Your comments & suggestions are quite welcome. Best wishes all! Marv
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