I bumped into Orlando as he was exiting Cherry Hill Park with his dog on a very warm and windy day. Originally from Albany, NY; Orlando has called Falls Church home for the last two years. Currently working for a consulting agency, his parting words to me were from the preface of “Leaves of Grass” by Walt Whitman, “re-examine all you have been told in school or church or in any book, and dismiss whatever insults your own soul.”

In your ‘senior’ years, where will you live? What will you do? What will be your biggest needs? Because Americans are living longer, we have seen many changes in how life goes on in ‘senior’ years. Not everyone has the same needs, wants and desires. Luckily for those in the greater Falls Church area the options are numerous.

Nala is a 13-year-old calico. She was born in October and accordingly loves to celebrate Halloween with her family. She loves eating grass and exploring new places.

I bumped into Leon over at the Antique Annex on West Broad St. the other day where he is one of the dealers at the shop. Leon became a resident of Falls Church in 1987 when he moved to the Little City from Kansas City, KS. Lamenting the idea that much of Falls Church’s History is handed down through the generations, he told me, ‘I wish there were more Falls Church Memorabilia to sell.’