A walk on the campus of McDaniel

A walk on the campus of McDaniel College. 17Aug2021 Tuesday Set#1

A walking tour of Westminster #1

A walking tour of Westminster. Tuesday, August 3, 2021. Set#1

Historic Downtown Westminster Farmers' Market

It was a beautiful morning at the Historic Downtown Westminster Farmers' Market. Sat., August 7, 2021.

Vaccination Clinic Sat. July 24, 2021 9 a.m. – 12 noon.

Vaccination Clinic Sat. July 24, 2021 9 a.m. – 12 noon.

The location for the vaccine is 160 S. Center Street Westminster, MD 21157.

Do you know family or friends that still need to be vaccinated?

Fairview UMC, Strawbridge UMC, Union Memorial Baptist Church, Union Street United Methodist Church, and West Falls Christian Community Church have joined with The Carroll County NAACP and the Carroll County Health Department to bring our community the COVID Vaccine because we know how important it is.

We are offering a free vaccine on July 24, 2021 to ages 12 and over. Come out and join us from 9:00am - 12:00pm. The location for the vaccine is 160 S. Center Street Westminster, MD 21157.

We Stand Together Because - We know the importance of Our Community

We Stand Together Because - Brown people matter

We Stand Together Because - It's not over!

https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff/posts/10222784743980766

Can you hear me now?

Decommissioned

Westminster Water Main Break, Sunday evening. July 18, 2021

Update: 7:30 p.m. Sunday evening. July 18, 2021 - After some preliminary investigation city workers determined that the small water leak needed some additional study before digging into the street and suspended operations this evening. The workers will deploy some leak detection equipment and revisit the leak tomorrow.  

Westminster Water Main Break, Sunday evening. July 18, 2021 - currently the City of Westminster is responding to a water main break at the corner of Anchor Street and Westmoreland Street. 

Crews first responded around 5 p.m. The break in the pipe has been located and crews are currently working to make the necessary repairs. The water will be temporarily turned-off while the repairs are taking place. We hope to have it repaired quickly. We thank for your patience, and we are sorry for the inconvenience.

 If the water is discolored when the water service is restored, let it run for a minute or two until it runs clear.

Grace Lutheran Church

Worship at Grace Lutheran Church. Sunday, July 11, 2021. This weekend we welcome our Interim Pastor Team, Pastor John Spangler and Pastor Becca Ajer Frantz.

This is the second in-person service with our interim pastor's: Pastor Becca and Pastor John. Pastor's Martha and Kevin Clementson retired in May. As of July 1, 2021, the CDC lifted most of the pandemic safety guidelines. 

In person services are held on Saturday at 5:00 pm in the Sanctuary and on Sunday at 10:00 am in Grace Hall. The online service can be viewed on YouTube Channel gracelc21 beginning at 8:00 am on Sunday.

The Westminster Fire Department, Westminster MD

The Westminster firehouse take a deep breath in the heat of Wednesday, July 7, 2021.

Sunset at Sandbridge 22Je2021 Set#1

Sunset at Sandbridge 22Je2021 Set#1

Please close the gate

Please close the gate

Double-decker kitty cats

Double-decker kitty cats

Avion - Help Me (Official Music Video)

Avion: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q4QAN-NwGu8 

Classico Pizzeria Westminster MD.

Hi from Caroline, Grammy – Evelyn Babylon, and me.  We picked-up our dinner at Classico Pizzeria at the College Square Shopping Center. We loved our dinners. We each got one of the specials. Saturday, May 22, 2021.

Tiombe Paige at Cutivated

Caroline and I were happy to have a chance to stop by to see our friend and former neighbor, Tiombe Paige, at Cutivated in historic downtown Westminster. Next stop, Giulianova Groceria for pit beef sandwiches. It was a great day in historic downtown Westminster. May 22, 2021 Saturday.

Westminster Farmers’ Market

Westminster Farmers' Market - Saturday, May 22, 2021: Caroline and I enjoyed seeing so many friends at the Westminster Downtown Farmers' Market.

Westminster Downtown Farmers'Market

It is wonderful to have the Westminster Downtown Farmers' Market begin a new season. We saw so many friends and really enjoyed getting outside to spend time with local vendors. Hats off to the newly elected Mayor Mona Becker and looking forward to another season with the market's manager and huge downtown Main Street promoter Brooke Hagerty. Thanks for all your great leadership. Sat. May 15, 2021

Ana Criado - Vulnerable (Denis Kenzo Remix)

Ana Criado - Vulnerable (Denis Kenzo Remix) lyrics

adI am down on my knees

A pale reminder of who I am, broken wings

I can't ask for another try

I gambled on a dream, a lie

Don't ask me to fight where I don't believe

I find my peace in acceptance of what is

I can't ask for another try

I gambled on a dream, a lie

With nowhere to hide

This is where I am

Raw in my emotions

Giving in

Not playing a charade

Empty and afraid

Meet me as I am

Vulnerable

VOCAL TRANCE: Metta & Glyde and iMi - You’re In My Orbit (Amsterdam Tran...

VOCAL TRANCE: Metta & Glyde and iMi - You’re In My Orbit (Amsterdam Trance)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DiB_GTpuWTY

 LYRICS

The moon is full, so bright

With the weightlessness of light

A curved path of our celestial hearts

We move in orbit around the night

Drawn from the outside

Bound from deep within

Locked in each other’s heart & gravity

Floating through nothing

Connecting the unseen

Now that I have you here

You’re in my orbit

 Copyright © 2020 by RazNitzanMusic (RNM)

 #VocalTrance2020​ #Trance​ #UpliftingTrance #amwriting

Happy Easter.

Happy Easter

A Marine’s Easter dinner

A Marine's Easter dinner. Happy Easter and Semper Fi to all my brothers and sisters in uniform. God bless. Be safe out there.

A trip to the grocery store

A trip to the grocery store to pick-up essentials. (1Apr2021)

National Vietnam War Veterans Day March 29

National Vietnam War Veterans Day March 29, 1973: 

Today - March 29th is National Vietnam War Veterans Day, marking the day U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, disestablished on March 29, 1973. 

Caroline and I stopped by the Vietnam Memorial at Willis and Court Street over the weekend and cleaned-up the area. This is the 4th year of Vietnam Veterans Day – I think in the future we ought to hold a small ceremony at the memorial like we do for Memorial Day, Veterans Day and over the Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays. 

This year, for Woman's History Month and National Vietnam War Veterans Day, I wrote a story about Barbara Robbins. Robbins is something of a legend - in a hushed tone of voice - in the agency. I have always found this story so haunting and sad: Barbara Robbins was the first female killed in the line of duty in Vietnam. Please find the story here: https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/lifestyles/cc-lt-dayhoff-032121-20210319-zsdd6doivjadbi275p234jsqyy-story.html

Mission BBQ opened today in Westminster

Mission BBQ opened today in Westminster where Friendly's Restaurant used to be located at 584 Jermor Way

Friendly's had closed at that location on Nov. 27, 2018. According to an article in the Carroll County Times on Nov. 28, 2018, "The company that was founded in 1935 the middle of the Great Depression in Springfield, Massachusetts, and would become Friendly Ice Cream Corp. filed for bankruptcy in 2011, according to the Wall Street Journal.."

It was a great day. At 12-noon, Westminster Police Officer Terrence McGowan sang the National Anthem as fire equipment surrounded the restaurant and Westminster Fire Department Tower 3 flew the American Flag. 

Vietnam vets were treated to sandwich. Mission BBQ chose to open today - March 29th on National Vietnam War Veterans Day, marking the day U.S. Military Assistance Command, Vietnam, disestablished on March 29, 1973.

Carole King - Out in the Cold (Official Audio)

"Out In the Cold", a single recorded during the 'Tapestry ' sessions that ultimately did not make it onto the album. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8QqSvYT3SY

https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff/posts/10221916446753878

Tapestry topped the U.S. album chart for 15 weeks in 1971, and remained on the charts for more than six years – featuring such songs as "It's Too Late" and "I Feel the Earth Move"

Of course, as a writer, I was immediately drawn to singer-songwriter music. Music performed by artists who tell stories by writing and performing their own material.

Tapestry reminded me of Southern Gothic literature. An article by David Browne in Rolling Stone published February 10, 2021 explained, “Similarly, the narrator of “It’s Too Late” is almost matter of fact when surveying the end of a relationship; she sounds rational, not distraught. For the 50th anniversary, an album outtake, “Out in the Cold,” has been resurrected after first appearing as a bonus track on a 1999 CD reissue. A confessional about being unfaithful to a lover and paying the price, it feels rational and adult (if not totally empowered)…” (‘Tapestry’ at 50: Why Carole King’s Masterpiece Still Challenges Us - With its masterful songcraft and backstory of personal reinvention, King’s 1971 landmark remains one of pop’s greatest declarations of independence…)

Some of the best examples singer-songwriters include artists such as Bob Dylan, "Mixed-Up Confusion" (1962); Paul McCartney, "Love Me Do"/"P.S. I Love You" (1962); John Lennon, Chuck Berry, Joni Mitchell, “Urge for Going”); and Carole King, "Will You Love Me Tomorrow" (1960.)

However I first became enthralled with the genre as a result of the release of Carole King’s “Tapestry.

Related, read: "The 100 Greatest Songwriters of All Time" published by “Rolling Stone” in August 2015: https://www.rollingstone.com/interactive/lists-100-greatest-songwriters/#smokey-robinson

Related: https://www.caroleking.com/bio

"Out In The Cold"

I only wanted to play

I thought what he didn't know

Wouldn't hurt him anyway

But he found out and

Someone else gave him her hand to hold

And suddenly I find myself out in the cold

 

He trusted me all the time

I thought I could see another man

And he would still be mine

Well yesterday I had a good thing

Worth more than gold

Today he's got a truer love and I'm out in the cold

 

I had a love warmer than fire

But I listened to my desire

Now yesterday's dreams are tomorrow's heartache

I'm paying, paying for my mistake

 

Now, girl, take a tip from one who knows

If you open up a new door

You may find the old one's closed

So be true to your good man

Take a lesson from this story I have told

Or you just might get left now

Out in the cold

 

You just might get left now

Out in the cold

Don't let yourself get left now

Out in the cold

Don't let yourself get left now

Out in the cold

Carole King - It's Too Late (Official Lyric Video)

Lyrics:

And it's too late, baby, now it's too late

Though we really did try to make it

Something inside has died

And I can't hide and I just can't fake it

Oh no no no no (no no, no no)

The snow is just starting to stick to the roads

The snow is just starting to stick to the roads and get slippery. Might be a good time to stay at home and enjoy some time with your family until the storm passes, and the Westminster Street Department and the county and state roads department gets the roadways cleared. Stay safe. Wed. 10:30 PM Feb. 10, 2021

VOCAL TRANCE: Sleepthief & Zoë Johnston - Alice's Door (Aurosonic Remix)...

Copyright © 2019 by Raz Nitzan Music (RNM) LYRICS Sometimes I wish this struggle wasn’t mine‘ Cause God it feels so lonely I almost find the northernmost point I almost find you there What does this mean to step on every crack And never make it home I almost find the northernmost point I almost find me there [Chorus] If you wanna hear the lion’s roar You got to crawl through Alice’s door You may have feet of clay But you are on your way for sure If you wanna hear the lion’s roar You got to crawl through Alice’s door You may have feet of clay But you are on your way... The darkness tries to be an honest friend to me It sings through me you will see Your way up to the northernmost point Your way up through your fear [Chorus] I know that you are lost today... But you are on your way

‘Priests on the Roof!’ event on Feb. 4, 2021

Last week on Thursday, January 28, 2021 Donna Jean Shybunko, Father Mark, Jimmy DeWees, and I got together at WTTR to tape a few promotional spots for the 'Priests on the Roof!' event on Feb. 4, 2021. Father Mark climbed up on the roof at 7:30 a.m. on February 4th at St. John Catholic School, and stayed up there until $15,000 was raised for St. John Catholic School's Day of Giving!!" https://www.facebook.com/kevindayhoff/posts/10221668716120767

Carroll Food Sunday Taneytown

Caroline and I stopped by the Carroll Food Sunday distribution Center at the Trinity Lutheran Church on Saturday, 30Jan2021, to do some after hours maintenance.

Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery in Taneytown

On Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021, Caroline and I visited the Trinity Lutheran Church Cemetery in Taneytown, after we stopped by the Carroll Food Sunday distribution Center to do some after hours maintenance.