Reston Community Center @Jo Anne Rose Gallery - Lake Anne
Hours - 9am-9pm week
This journey starts during a busy period of travel, for work and fun (with my wife), in October 2019. Between October and mid-February 2020, we visited New York City, Upstate N.Y., while I went to Alaska and Japan for business. Heading to Japan, in late January, we heard stories about a cruise ship marooned in Tokyo Harbor due to a spreading virus and almost everyone wore masks — including us. After Japan, my wife and I made one more trip to Hudson N.Y. in February, and then things changed…
The company that sent me packing to Europe, Alaska, and Japan sent us home in March and promptly went into bankruptcy to save assets; our network build could not progress, globally. I’d been practicing yoga since 2005 and was now attending Zoom-based virtual yoga classes. I started using an indoor cycling trainer system I’d recently bought myself for Christmas and constantly looked around the house for things to photograph — the rugs, wall lights, chairs, etc.
Gradually, I started going outside for rides, coffee and pretzels on Lake Ann, and to find more photography subjects. At some point, I went a little overboard with the cycling (I haven’t stopped) and but always carried a camera, or a good iPhone on my rides.
This time also included losses and at least one postponed family burial. We eventually ventured out for a few car trips and would see more of our friends.
