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Meredith Hindley
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Rogue history Ph.D. Former public servant. World War II, hockey, lipstick, and classic movies. Colorado and Wyoming bred. DC dweller. Author of DESTINATION CASABLANCA (PublicAffairs).
Congratulations to @kawulf.bsky.social on the publication of “LINEAGE: Genealogy and the Power of Connection in Early America”!Available at your favorite bookstore now!
July 1, 2025 at 6:55 PM
Read the room LinkedIn. 70 percent of NEH staff are on admin leave while the agency does a RIF. 😬
April 9, 2025 at 6:32 PM
More cherry blossoms with a cloud bank cameo.
March 31, 2025 at 11:20 PM
Timeline cleanse: cherry blossoms and bright blue sky. No filter.
March 26, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Our condo building giveaway table delivering on quirky: a clarinet lamp with a base made of books.
February 3, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I had no idea Carter asked Andy Warhol to do a campaign poster. More on his support of the arts here: www.instagram.com/p/DEnHLtmznK...
January 9, 2025 at 6:28 PM
Obligatory “look, it snowed in DC!” photo.
January 6, 2025 at 12:44 PM
Annual Christmas viewing of “Bell, Book, and Candle” and Googling leopard print coats that I will talk myself out of. I mean, look at this leopard cape.
December 25, 2024 at 8:11 PM
It’s the 80th anniversary of the Normandy landings. It took two years of planning, production, training, and transport to make the cross-Channel invasion possible. Fascism isn’t defeated overnight.
June 6, 2024 at 12:48 PM
This could also be of interest if not already on your radar.
May 8, 2024 at 3:12 PM
He’s giving Lord Reprobate of the Forest.
May 7, 2024 at 3:09 AM
Gray and rainy here today, but the azaleas were delivering pure color joy. No filter!
April 27, 2024 at 8:57 PM
Need to dispose of a body in August 1939? You could put it in a trunk and leave it at DC’s Union Station. (Evening Star, 8/20/1939)
April 22, 2024 at 12:55 AM
What is it about 15 degree weather in Buffalo that makes men strip off their shirts?
January 22, 2024 at 1:10 AM
That whole DISCOVERY season is A+ costume design.

I loved the informs from Picard, season 3. Star Fleet got a little bad ass.
December 10, 2023 at 3:38 PM
If you see this, you have to post an image from your phone and don’t explain it.
December 3, 2023 at 1:00 AM
Last gasp of autumn leaves in DC’s Rock Creek Park.
November 11, 2023 at 9:06 PM
Votes on amendments offered by Rep. Perry (PA) to defund NEH and NEA (source repcloakroom.house.gov)
November 2, 2023 at 10:26 PM
Just a normal Saturday frantically following House shenanigans to see if the government will be open on Monday . . .
September 30, 2023 at 4:18 PM
Washington, DC, is home 700,000 tax-paying citizens who have no representation in Congress. National Guard troops patrolled the city after January 6. It is the PERFECT place for a trial.
August 2, 2023 at 2:08 AM
Georgetown canal decked out in its finest summer blues and greens. Not pictured: the humidity.
July 12, 2023 at 1:20 AM