Another Sterling Weekend
by Contributing Writer Dan Verner My friend Norm Modlin, a meteorologist who helps provide forecasts…
Browsing: On the Sunny Side of the Street
The Invisible City: Manassas Utility Open House
by Dan Verner They do the unseen and essential work that makes civilized life possible.…
Bell, Book and Food
By Dan Verner The Hylton Center for the Performing Arts bustled with over 25 chefs,…
The Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave
On this day in 1814, Francis Scott Key, a lawyer from the Washington area, penned…
The (Hand) Bells Are Ringing
By Dan Verner Last August, I joined 541 of my closest hand bell playing friends…
School Bells Ring and Children Sing
By Dan Verner If you are of a certain age, you might recognize that phrase…
Fair Is Fair
An Appreciation of a Sixty-Five Year Old Institution by Dan Verner When I married my…
An Immodest Report
By Dan Verner This past Sunday afternoon, I was honored to deliver a book talk…
The Sweet Smell of…Reality
By Dan Verner All my life, I have had a bad sense of smell. Honestly,…
Stick Like Glue—or Not
By Dan Verner I have few talents, but one of them is gluing broken objects…