by Erin Marovelli | Dec 23, 2024
The holiday season descended upon us here at The Aged Woman’s Home of Georgetown on the second Tuesday in December, when several elves (aka members of the Town and Country Garden Club) completed their annual holiday decorating of the Home. As they...
by Erin Marovelli | Dec 1, 2024
Thanksgiving Dinner at the Home was indeed sumptuous, complete with welcome visitors as well as delicious morsels. A Guest’s grandson gave out hugs all around, and a granddaughter in colorful pigtails shared a delightful assessment of what tasted best (the cookies of...
by Erin Marovelli | Nov 15, 2024
On October 28, 1868, here in the Nation’s Capital, President Andrew Johnson proclaimed, “I therefore recommend that Thursday, the 26th day of November next, be set apart and observed by all the people of the United States as a day for public praise, thanksgiving, and...
by Erin Marovelli | Oct 23, 2024
Peggy Reimer, possibly the longest-ever tenured resident at the Aged Woman’s Home, passed away at age 92 on Tuesday, September 17, after a brief illness. Peggy first came to the Home in August of 1993. Born in January 1932, Peggy’s formative years were war years,...
by Erin Marovelli | Jun 28, 2024
Here in the Nation’s Capital, we have hurtled past the summer solstice, honored our vets on Memorial Day, and are fast approaching America’s 250th birthday, also known as the semi quincentennial or, aka, “the Big Two-Five-Oh”. The crepe myrtle’s have bloomed a bit...
by Erin Marovelli | Apr 10, 2024
Like many of you, on Monday, April 8, 2024, at around the 2 pm hour, we at the Aged Woman’s Home donned our eclipse glasses and headed out the back door to stare up at the sky for an hour or so. We found excellent solar eclipse viewing while sitting on the Home’s...
