Quarantine Diary 50 | Lake Fairfax walk in winter

Ruth and I took a walk together around Lake Fairfax Park, near Reston, Virginia. It was briskly cold, with clarifying winter light.

It is a favorite place of ours.

D25|EDCJCC volunteer effort 2020

The Edlovitch DCJCC (the Washington DC Jewish Community Center) had to adapt its annual D25 volunteer day this year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of going to shelters, food kitchens, old age homes, community centers, and the like to provide direct services to those who are in need on Christmas Day, it arranged to have people package and deliver meal kits for distribution to those who are experiencing food insecurity. 

The photographs were made at the JCC of both the pickup and delivery of the food.

Thank you to editor David Holzel of Washington Jewish Week, to the hard-working Sonya Weisburd of the EDCJCC volunteer/social action program, and especially to my wonderful partner Ruth Stromberg, who took down caption material, and along with me also prepared and delivered the food. 

Quarantine Diary 49 | First snow, slush, Ruth, and the seventh night of Chanukah

First snow of the year, going in from the cold to my dear Ruth, and the lights of the seventh night of Chanukah.

Acid Reign photographs acquired by UNCG archive

A large body of my work "Acid Reign" has been acquired by the University of North Carolina Greensboro's Special Collections and Archive. 

Many thanks to Dr. Rebecca Adams of UNCG and Dr. Stacey Krim, Curator of Manuscripts for the archive.

Embracing Arlington Arts - podcast

Thank you to Janet Kopenhaver of Embracing Arlington Arts for the meaningful opportunity to share my work and experiences as a photographer.  

You can listen to the podcast here:

Quarantine Diary 48 | part 2 / Vigil for Justice

 Ruth and I participated in the weekly vigil for justice with our fellow congregants in Fabrangen.

Again, the shofar was sounded to awaken us.

Black Lives Matter.

Quarantine Diary 48 | part 1 / A walk in Rock Creek Park with Ruth

 Ruth and I took a long pleasant walk in DC's Rock Creek Park.