Quarantine Diary 57 | Capitol Hill/ID/ and the road home

I went to the Capitol today to get my press ID for the Hill renewed. Lots of security is still in place.

Washington DC. City. The road back home. Much to see.

Homemade chili and cornbread.

Part of a day.

Quarantine Diary 56 | Deadly virus toll / Purim

The newspaper headline yesterday morning marked a half million deaths from Covid-19 virus in the US; more than the total deaths suffered in combat by our armed forces in World War II, the Korean War, and the War in Vietnam combined.

A very sad statistic. Hopefully the rollout of the vaccines ongoing now will end the pandemic and its tragic toll. Much healing continues to be needed.

The Jewish holiday of Purim is also upon us. Ruth and I made hamantaschen, a traditional celebratory dessert (filled with mohn- sweet poppy seeds), and I got out some groggers (noisemakers) in readiness for the reading of the Megillah of Esther.

Plus a view of a section of my kitchen cabinets.

Reality is... far beyond our capacities of understanding.

Justice, Justice Shall You Pursue | Collage for a friend

Response to a friend's kind artwork, inspired by and formed from pictures I made this past year.

צֶ֥דֶק צֶ֖דֶק תִּרְדֹּ֑ף

Quarantine Diary 55. | Ice suite / Valentines Day

 From my front yard on Valentine's Day.

A Valentine for my dear Ruth | 2021

 

Quarantine Diary 54 | Glencarlyn snow suite

 A walk in the recently fallen snow with Ruth.