Scoutmaster MomentYesterday our family watched excitedly as the Navy Blue Angels and Air Force Thunderbirds flying teams both flew over our neighborhood as a joint demonstration of support to the many people in the region who are caring for patients on the medical front lines. They started in Baltimore, flew through DC into Virginia before passing [...]
Scoutmaster MomentEarth Day was celebrated this week, our family has been getting in frequent nature walks on nearby trails and enjoying watching Spring unfold around us. In some ways this whole Spring has become an extended Earth Day as we have all hunkered down resulting in more of the actions advocated for Earth Day. I hope [...]
Scoutmaster MomentToday is Patriot's Day, the day commemorating the Battle of Lexington and Concord and the first battle of our American Revolution from England’s crown. Paul Revere rode through the night to warn the townspeople in advance. This is still celebrated in Massachusetts, and the Boston Marathon is timed to occur on Patriot’s Day, and the [...]
Scoutmaster Moment This past week was the celebration of both Passover and Easter, holidays often spent with family around a dinner table and set with food traditions. This year was a little different as smaller groups of people held seder dinners with their laptop or tablet set to share with others via video, smaller egg hunts [...]
Scoutmaster Moment Each week at our meetings we recite the Scout Oath and Law. There are times when we say the words as the first step past to the “real fun” of the meeting. But sometimes it can be good to think about the words in the context of the moment we’re in. That moment may [...]
