Photos taken November 2 by Greenbelter Kevin Parker. Thanks to Kevin for contributing his photos to Greenbelt Live. Click here to see the rest of his Greenbelt fall foliage photo set.
It’s a little over a year since this blog launched in late summer of 2012, so a good time to assess where it’s been and where it might be going. The Original Idea, and the First Year Having been writing … Read More
Congratulations to Greenbelt 2012 blogger Eric Zhang on being voted our Outstanding Citizen for 2013! Naturally I love it when bloggers are recognized for their (usually) unpaid hard work, but Eric’s 300+ posts documenting life in Greenbelt in our 75th … Read More
I was soooo impressed with the “first-ever” Kale-a-Rama Festival that was a major happening recently in Roosevelt Center, I had to find out who or what was behind it.  Here’s what I found out via organizer Cam MacQueen. Who … Read More
Curious to know what goes on at the PLAY Fitness and Nutrition Workshops given by Kim Rush Lynch and Chelsea Calhoun, I stopped by their free sneak peak the other day. There was a nice turn-out of women of a … Read More
by Kim Rush Lynch The holidays are over and the football season is about to wrap up. Unless you’re a cold-weather person who enjoys the outdoors, the end of January can bring the winter blues. Because our bodies naturally want … Read More
I recently passed the one-year mark for living in Old Greenbelt, which prompts me to reflect on the big move from Takoma Park after 26 years there. No deep thoughts, just some of my Favorite Things about the change, now … Read More
I finally made the 10-minute-or-so drive to the only wildlife research refuge in the U.S., the Patuxent Research Refuge.  I discovered that we have FDR to thank for carving out close to 13,000 acres from USDA and military land to … Read More
This is the first of several posts about the artists-in-residence in Greenbelt’s Community Center, starting with Studio 302. Great photos of some of the artists’ works coming soon! Next Studio 302 Event December 1-2 Juried Art and Craft Fair during … Read More
For my first seven months in Old Greenbelt I was basically camping out in a construction site, a very noisy construction site. (My poor neighbors! My poor cats!) But by late July the workers were finally GONE and I could … Read More
Oh my goodness. I knew that Amethyst Dwyer and Dorian Winterfeld invite all comers to their “Haunted Hollow” every Halloween from 6 to 8 p.m., and I planned to stop by.  But from the looks of this video, things WILL … Read More
Michele Owens, my blogging partner in Upstate New York, recently showed off the wonderful woodland path where she walks with her “big handsome alpha dog” every day. Her story is that it took having a dog that needed walking for … Read More
Halloween really brings out the kid in us grown-ups, and no longer are the options just in costumes. House-decorating is BIG these days, and I saw these examples of it on my lake walk today. Above, Count Dracula here … Read More
by Kim Rush-Lynch Many people are familiar with canning, but few people are aware of a traditional food preservation practice known as fermentation. Fermentation is the process where food is exposed to bacteria and yeasts, either through inoculation or naturally … Read More
For at least a decade Greenbelt’s Rotary Club has been supplying crayons, composition books and assorted other supplies for the kids at Springhill Lake Elementary School. I know this because Rotary Club member Helen Svensen was tabling at the farmer’s … Read More
