…About the beauty and history of our community.

I just found a wonderful book called Our Potomac, From Great Falls Through Washington, DC. It is a coffee table high quality photo book by Roy Sewall. Go buy it today if you love the waterways in the DMV.

Just beautiful. Just perfect photos of the wonderful scenery of our great river, falls and vegetation.

I am blessed that our new home Marwood has magnificent views of this mighty and important river. The last few days have shown the personality of the rapids and abundance of wild life in our neighborhood.

I also wanted to note something funny. I hear that our new house has been called “haunted” by some bloggers.

I asked the previous owner of the home about the Internet stories. He laughed and said, “The house is historic but it is not haunted. If it was haunted we would have been able to sell the house for a lot more money.” He then told me the story. A story was written and the research was flawed. An address was reported but it was not this home’s address. The article was picked up on the web. It was then cited in a publication and there you go. A myth was born and bad reporting was re-circulated as fact. (If you can call a “haunted house” in any manner as being fact.) The house has great history with FDR having spent many summers here. It is warm and inviting. It is a family home. It has spectacular views of “Our Potomac.” We are blessed. We are not haunted. Geesh. I can’t believe I even have to respond to stuff like this of late. Thank you.