884 is dead, of course. 884 has been dead since at least 1961, when they stopped burying bodies on the hill known as Sunny Side on the grounds of Springfield.
Last week I wrote about the very interesting Old Trinity Cemetery and the people who saved it from oblivion, but this is a different sort of strange cemetery and strange area history. It’s Sunny Side. [read more...]
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Okay, you won’t actually be laughing out loud with a saint, you’ll be laughing out loud with funny people for the benefit of a church named after a saint. In other words, it’s a benefit for the St. Barnabas Parish.
The church is hoping to consolidate the church offices and Sunday School facilities at the same location, and thus, Comedy Night, also known as “St. Barnabas’ Laugh Out Loud.” [read more...]
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You know the place. Eldersburg, Maryland. The intersection of 32 and 26. One of the least scenic places on earth, although it does have a sign now that says “Welcome to Eldersburg” at an intersection that doesn’t seem welcoming at all.
And after your trip to Panera or Food Lion or Cobblestones, as you sit at the intersection, waiting forever to turn left on 32, instead of looking down out the driver’s side window at the pile of cigarette butts lined from tire to tire and beyond, you can stare toward that sign, and think, at least that someone had, or has, good intentions. [read more...]
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If you know golf you know Swilcan Bridge on St. Andrews golf course in Scotland. And if you know Sykesville you probably know the town’s Main Street Manager, Ivy Wells. And if you know Ivy Wells, you may know her son, Josh.
Here’s Josh Wells on Swilcan Bridge at St. Andrews. No, he’s not looking for his ball in the water. He’s doing the Tim Tebow thing.
Swilcan Bridge. It’s like Mecca to Muslims. It’s like Rome to Catholics. It’s like the end zone to Tim Tebow. To golfers it’s a holy place.
Josh, who’s 20 and on the Dean’s list, is a junior at Penn State in the PGA golf program.
Yes, folks, you can major in golf.
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Yes, folks, it’s true. Eldersburg now has a Starbucks that’s not inside a grocery store. It’s inside a bank.
Okay, it used to be a bank, now it’s a Starbucks.
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Hey hey, my my… They say they might move Sykesville’s rotting old blue caboose.
Rock and Roll can never die…
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Spring’s coming for sure. You can sense it in Warfield in Sykesville where the sound of Spring Peepers fills the air and foolish men with blue hair climb on toppled trees.
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Okay, don’t be alarmed, he didn’t actually capture the national bird, except digitally.
The photographer is our friend Brian Rayford of M5 Signs. [read more...]
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A couple years ago we had snowmageddon and tons of cool snow shots. This year so far…well…here’s a shot of a buried Silly Willy. Well, actually it’s Silly Willy’s car. I assume Silly himself is in the house entertaining some kids.
Undeterred by a ferocious storm, Sykesville's Silly Willy makes a house call on Harlan Lane.
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So, how many of you guys, and I do mean guys, have ever been inside Sweet Simplici-Tea on Main Street in Sykesville? Yeah, I guess it’s not really a guy’s place. It looks like this inside.
And, oh, man, do they have great scones?
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