Earlier in October, a Capitol Hill family woke up to a terrible tragedy. Their friends have set up a memorial fund to help the family pay for costs, and they are close to reaching their goal. From GoFundMe: Friends of Kerry and Jameson Allden-Collins have started this fund in the memory of our dear friend Jameson Allden-Collins […]
Update: A memorial service for Maria Calomiris will take place Monday, May 18 2015 at Saint Sophia Cathedral, 2815 36th St NW, starting at 10:30 am. If you never had the pleasure of being helped by Maria Calomiris, the cheerful matriarch of Eastern Market produce stand Calomiris and Sons, I’m sorry. For those of us […]
Sometimes, life hands us nothing but sadness, sorrow, and unspeakable horror. We wonder why little children starve to death in utter squalor; why there must be wars that seem to lose their meaning the longer they drag on; or why a vibrant and beloved member of the community and mother of two had to die […]