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Washington Post columnist, rock and roll drummer, actual D.C. native. Also: can juggle.

Washington, DC
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Joined March 2008
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  1. Apr 13

    Perspective | Nazi intrigue during ?! Remarkably, yes. This is Bebe Thomsen, wife of Germany's top diplomat in Washington before World War II. She brought her pet squirrel from Germany. Did she also gather information for the Fatherland?

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    💗🐿️💗 Jæren Norway april 2021

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    Apr 12

    I have eaten the nuts that were in the hollow and which you were probably saving for breakfast Forgive me they were delicious so crisp and so warm

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  4. Apr 12

    Perspective | Marooned in Sweden during the covid lockdown, befriended a family of orphaned red squirrels. Her (extremely cute) video of one baby munching on seeds went viral -- and launched her on a new career as a wildlife photographer

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  5. Apr 11

    One finding: Eating junk food is bad for squirrels, which makes sense. After all, it's not too good for us, either.

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  6. Apr 11

    Perspective | My 11th annual kicks off with some squirrel science. Researchers and are exploring how squirrels respond to life in a human environment

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  7. Apr 9

    Our long national nightmare is over: Squirrel Week XI begins Sunday. Watch this space for exclusive squirrel content. (This photo is by , taken at Brookgreen Gardens in South Carolina.)

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  8. Apr 8

    Christ, I did it again last night. Drank too much white wine and ordered BritBox.

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  9. Apr 6

    Perspective | For my annual Springtime in Washington contest, 23 haiku that look forward to a better year ahead.

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  10. Apr 4

    Perspective | From 1899 to 1905, tourists to D.C. could visit ancient Egypt, Rome and Assyria at a quirky museum three blocks from the White House. It was called the Halls of the Ancients

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  11. Apr 1

    I think may have been a bit of a night owl back in the day.

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  12. Apr 1

    Best wishes to ! I was on in 1999, flogging a book I wrote with about things to do with kids in DC. At the time, I was in Massachusetts and had to call on a crackly line from Crane Beach.

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  13. Apr 1

    When someone asks me whether they have what it takes to be a newspaper columnist, I say: "Can you send a dozen emails and leave a dozen voice mails in the morning and then sit patiently while resisting the urge to gnaw off your own goddam arm?"

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  14. Apr 1

    Perspective | In 1935, Japanese artist Kawase Hasui created a marvelous print of Washington's cherry blossoms to mark (and take advantage of) the first Cherry Blossom Festival. And he did it without ever setting foot in DC.

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  15. Apr 1

    Eight years since perhaps my greatest column. I still get calls and emails from people wanting me to take them on a tour of the Washington Mole Way, DC's first subway system.

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  16. Mar 31

    Perspective | There’s nothing new about virulent anti-vaxxers. From 1910: “The COMPULSORY blood-poisoning of schoolchildren with the SYPHILITIC poison of the POX of the cow is without a parallel for CRIME in the annals of all human history!”

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  17. Mar 29

    Perspective | We need to talk about Archie. Our dog communicates through a squeaky pink bunny rabbit. Fearful of what might/will happen if /when he destroys it, we bought a back-up bunny. Then he found THAT one

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  18. Mar 26

    Really looking forward to "The Italian Job" reboot!

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  19. Mar 26

    It’s 80 degrees outside. Do my shorts still fit? The answer is “sort of.” I will not be taking any questions.

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  20. Mar 25

    Squirrel Week XI is fast approaching! So is the deadline for my Squirrel Photography Contest: April 5. Click the link for details and get snapping.

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