Adele 's visit to the zoo

Ruth and I had Adele over for a visit. We went to the Reston Zoo and to Reston's Lake Anne Plaza for lunch.

Fun. A touch of magic. Family. 

And a big-headed cow.

Johnson Family picnic | Berryville VA

From Malachi's birthday party, Berryville, Virginia. 

Odyssey, and Dion with Dessa Johnson.

And a co-worker of Dion's.

President Joe Biden | Rally for Terry McAullife, Arlington VA

 President Joe Biden speaking at a rally in Arlington for Virginia gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe.

Other speakers included Governor Ralph Northam, Lt. Governor Candidate/Delegate Haya Ayala, Virginia House Speaker Eileen Filler-Corn, Congressman Don Beyer, Attorney General Mark Herring, and gubernatorial candidate Terry McAuliffe.

Haya Ayala

Gov. Ralph Northam

Terry McAuliffe

Eileen Filler-Corn

Mark Herring

Don Beyer

!6th Anniversary

 For my dear Ruth. Sixteen years today.

You are a blessing to all who know you.

NO FEAR: A Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People

No Fear: A Rally in Solidarity with the Jewish People was held on the west lawn of the US. Capitol. A modest-sized but strong-voiced crowd demonstrated their pride in being Jewish, and spoke out forcefully against the recent surge in anti-Semitic incidents in the United States and abroad. 

Speakers were from a wide spectrum of political and religious expression, presenting a united front against anti-Jewish elements that have arisen on both the left and right.  Speakers included Elisha Wiesel, son of the late Nobel Laureate Elie Wiesel; Alma Hernandez, Arizona State Representative; Joshua Washington, Executive Director of Institute for Black Solidarity with Israel,  Rabbi Jeffrey Myers of the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh PA, which suffered fatal attacks; Rabbi David Saperstein, activist and U.S. Ambassador at Large for International Religious Freedom; Rabbi Shlomo Noginski, recently stabbed in Boston for being a Jew; former Senator  Norm Coleman, Chairman, Republican Jewish Committee; former Congressman Ron Klein, Chair, Jewish Democratic Council of America; author and television host Meghan McCain; Rev. Jimmie Hawkins of the NAACP,  Imam Talib Shareef, President and Imam, Masjid Muhammad, The Nation’s Mosque, and others.

Thanks to David Holzel of Washington Jewish Week for the assignment.

Alma Hernandez, D-AZ

Meghan McCain

Rabbi Shlomo Noginski 

Rabbi Jeffrey Myers

Elisha Wiesel

Rabbi David Saperstein

 Rev. Jimmie Hawkins

Supporter of the banned racist party of late Meir Kahane