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23 Feb 2025

Greenbelt cats find forever home, and historically appropriate names

by Susan Harris | posted in: Fun Stuff |

Last summer, after the second of my two old cats passed away, I abandoned my plans to be pet-free for long enough to take some extended trips and high-tailed it over to the Greenbelt Animal Shelter the very next day. … Read More

29 Apr 2024

Greenbelt and Greenbelters at the Corcoran School of Art!

by Susan Harris | posted in: Fun Stuff, People |

Danielle Towers, a photojournalism major at George Washington University, first came to Greenbelt in 2022 to photograph our Labor Day Parade for an assignment, at the suggestion of the professor, who’d seen it herself. That’s when I met Danielle, as … Read More

7 Feb 2024

Day Trips and Short, Fun Outings from Kim Keyes

by Susan Harris | posted in: Day Trips, Fun Stuff |

Greenbelt writer Kim Keyes, we recently learned, doesn’t JUST write. She also makes videos, and has a new playlist called “The Baltimore andย  Washington, D.C. Area that Tourists Rarely See” and it’s a great addition to our blog category “Day … Read More

19 Dec 2023

5 More Stories you Missed while our Emails were Paused

by Susan Harris | posted in: Fun Stuff |

Here’s the second and final batch of blog stories that our subscribers didn’t receive by email while our subscription service was “paused” mistakenly. (Here’s the first batch of five.) Five Posts that Our Subscribers Didn’t Receive “Wild Reels Film Festival … Read More

26 Jun 2023

2023 Greenbelt Pride Festival Videos!

by Susan Harris | posted in: Fun Stuff, Greenbelt News |

  Greenbelt’s Second Annual Pride Festival earlier this month was a joyful and inspiring event, a feel-good happening I didn’t know I needed until suddenly I did. A sentiment no doubt shared by the large crowd. Seeing some very competent … Read More

3 Jun 2023

2023 Green Man Festival Video and Photos

by Susan Harris | posted in: Arts/Entertainment, Fun Stuff |

This year’s Greenbelt Green Man Festival was a huge hit, thanks in large part to these intrepid organizers, from left: Tim Sauerwein, Raven Eyes Cagle, Dorian Winterfeld and Amethyst Dwyer. We thank them!! Entertainment Highlights Video Like the festival itself, … Read More

9 Jan 2023

Susan’s Hula Hooping Journey is a True Greenbelt Story

by Susan Harris | posted in: Fun Stuff, Sports/Recreation |

I started blogging back in 2005 (about the gardening world) but what prompted me to start my first VIDEO blog – a “vlog” – was living in Greenbelt. Yes, it was seeing the fun that people of all ages were … Read More

15 Nov 2022

Relive *More* Great Greenbelt Festivals with these Videos

by Susan Harris | posted in: Arts/Entertainment, Fun Stuff |

Readers told us they enjoyed this highlights video of the October 8 Crazy Quilt Music Festival, so catch up with *more* Greenbelt festivals and events in the fall of 2022 with these videos. Greenbelt Blues Festival in Roosevelt Center, September … Read More

26 Oct 2022

Drumming and Story-Telling in Greenbelt National Park

by Susan Harris | posted in: Fun Stuff, Kids, Outdoors, Environment |

We’re so lucky to have the wooded oasis that is the Greenbelt National Park right in our midst! And it’s open again for campers (after a great deal of storm damage last month, not to mention the pandemic before that). … Read More

20 Sep 2022

Speaking of Royalty, who’s Prince George, Anyway?

by Susan Harris | posted in: Fun Stuff, History |

While the British royalty is all over the news, maybe it’s time to take a look at the royal family member that our beloved county is named for – Prince George of Denmark (1653-1708), consort to Queen Anne of Great … Read More

12 Sep 2022

Greenbelters’ Memories of the British Royal Family

by Susan Harris | posted in: Fun Stuff |

Since the death of Queen Elizabeth was announced last week, Greenbelt’s Facebook groups and pages have been flooded with remembrances that Greenbelters have with seeing the Queen or other close members of her family, including her visits to towns in … Read More

7 Sep 2022

Select Photos of Greenbelt’s 2022 Labor Day Festival

by Susan Harris | posted in: Community, Fun Stuff |

2022’s may just have been best Greenbelt Labor Day Festival ever! After two covid-reduced or -deprived years, the four-day event seemed blissful. Great weather, too! I hope you enjoy these festival photos that Greenbelters posted to local Facebook groups and … Read More

9 Aug 2022

Thanks to the Greenbelt Library, I can ditch my printer!

by Susan Harris | posted in: Fun Stuff |

This is the latest in a long history of printers that I’ve owned and hated – every last one of them! It may be that I’m uniquely challenged in my mechanical abilities (people have told me) and I’m setting them … Read More

27 Jul 2022

College Alumni Meet-up in Roosevelt Center, with Visits to New Deal Cafe and OGT

by Susan Harris | posted in: Business, Fun Stuff |

I recently learned that a really fun, easy and well-received meet-up for my DC-area college alumni group is to share the Old Greenbelt experience with them. A couple dozen Oberlin College alums, of which there are over 800 in the … Read More

10 Nov 2021

Golden ID Program Brings Retirees Back to Campus

by Susan Harris | posted in: Fun Stuff, People |

  Editor’s Note: For all the details about UMD’s Golden ID program, see this resource on Greenbelt Online. It was compiled from official UMD sources and many Golden ID students. by Shannon Clark A short bus ride away from their … Read More

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