This site features local history, art, poetry, photography,and prose. The emphasis is on the Palisades, that neighborhood between Key and Chain Bridges on the Potomac River. Captain John Smith explored the neighborhood (probably coming ashore at Fletcher's Landing) in the Spring of 1608. Photography is all hand held and mostly local. Paintings and drawings are local found art or from the hand of the author.
The author is a native of the Bronx, a transplant to DC. He is a Vietnam veteran and former USAF Intelligence officer with tours at all of the major 3 button Intelligence agencies. He is a graduate of the Lt. Joseph P. Kennedy Jr. School and Cardinal Hayes HS in NYC. He also has several degrees from less illustrious institutions. Check Six writes primarily at G. Murphy Donovan and Agnotology in Journalism. His work has appeared in various political, national security, and Intelligence journals.
