Publications by John L. Geddie

To begin with, I was a little anxious about my purchase anyway. I’m not exactly “handy” around the house. I can do the basics, but only if I have very clear-cut instructions. In this way, I’m different from my father, who had a tendency to dive into a project before really sketching it out. Ask me about how he tried to cut the wires that makes the car beep when you don’t have your seatbelt on. When he was done, the car still beeped, and it didn’t have heat.  

Even so, I dreaded getting into the car to drive down—what I really wanted to do was sleep, read and perhaps watch TV if I became particularly adventuresome. It’s one of those trips that only your close friends can convince you to make through a combination of guilt and blackmail. While it’s important to have friends who know where the bodies are buried, but occasionally they’ll remind you of the plot number.

Now, there were some old-time moments, especially when hearing about how Julie’s daughter is in college and how Marco’s son has just joined the Air Force. How old does that make me? But for the most part, it really did make me feel young. It was just like high school, except that we are all a little nicer and a little smarter. A few of us are a little rounder, and somehow Doug and Chris are both taller.

 Most of you reading this were not born in Loudoun. The last 40 years have been a time of tremendous growth and change for the county. The old Loudoun was largely a farming community, but over time it has transitioned into a thriving suburban community with a growing business and commercial center all its own.

Dinner…

Coney Island Diner

44121 Harry Byrd Hwy., Suite 100

Ashburn, VA 20147

 As it turned out, the police showed up and I don’t have an alibi completely squared away. Whatever you do, don’t tell Sheriff Simpson. Granted, our reunion was right over the county line, I believe that he’d still lock me up in a New York minute. Part of me still thinks that the Sheriff's Office is still bitter at us over Senior Skip Day (also raided by the police) and the walk-out.