What We Lost, What We Learned The sermon at Second Unitarian a few months ago when I started this post was about what we lost and what we learned three years after the beginning of COVID. When I think back to that year, it is hard not to also see if from a personal lens. 2020
Travel with Women in Focus Women in Focus is a group of great photographers here in Chicago that I get to learn from. The group recent organized an exhibit "A Global Journey" featuring travel photos that 10 of us took. Here is a statement about travel photography from me and the photos that
The Move The last three months have been a blur as we sold 2 houses, bought one house, oversaw contractors, packed, moved and unpacked. All of that kept me so busy that I took almost no photos. Here are a few of the ones that I did manage to take when I
May Day May Day marches and rallies have been small events to rather large ones over the years. And they are always a mix to labor and immigration. This year, we celebrated on April 29th to take advantage of a Saturday. So here are to immigrants and to workers and to justice.
Fight for Our Future I had hoped to have an Earth Day activism photo from this year, but everything conspired against me. We got a late start because we waited for a delivery. Then the train was delayed. Then the train stopped 3 stops before mine, and we had to take a shuttle. Then
Earth Day This photo wasn't quite taken on Earth Day, April 22nd. It was taken on Friday instead, when it was beautiful out. We were out to look for birds – and especially for an avocet, which we found. To fight to preserve our planet – we first must love it and
Spring Break in DC We joined may other tourists, mostly students, in DC for spring break. We did all of the tourist things. I have taken many photos in DC in the past, but these were all taken on this trip.
The Third Act and One Planet On March 21, 2023 the Third Act Illinois held their first action in Chicago. The Third Act's members are all over the age of 60 and are prepared to use their resources, experience and kills to protect our planet and strengthen our democracy. This action protested Chase Bank&
The Birds of Texas Since I had a work trip to Texas, we went in search of whooping cranes and other birds. There is a lot to take issue with in Texas, and we were able to join a small protest in Austin, but we were able to visit family, friends, and wonderful birds.
Riding the CTA with a Middle-Schooler For Liam's 8th Grade Capstone project, he wrote about the CTA train lines and picked one neighborhood on each of the 8 lines, plus one neighborhood where there were no trains. I got to be his photographer, taking photos of neighborhood highlights and lots of CTA stops, trains
Saying No to Hate Ron DeSantis brought his message of hate to Elmhurst, so about three hundred of us went to Elmhurst to say no to hate. Although we set up across the street from the Knights of Columbus hall where DeSantis was speaking, and the police had set up barriers to ensure that
Chuy Chuy Garcia is running for Mayor of Chicago. I support him, I am helping elect him and then I will work to hold him accountable. We have a real opportunity to elect a progressive candidate who understands that to make real change, you have to build coalitions and work across
Serving The top photo from Xoco sent me to look for some of the others that I have taken of people prepping, cooking, or serving in restaurants.
Power to the People Last Monday, a coalition of organizations organized a rally to protest the police murder of Tyre Nichols and Manuel "Tortuguita" Teron. There has been too much police violence and too many murders – and too many times that we have had to rally and march to demand justice. In
Out for Coffee Since I had to take advantage of the sun and post that lead photo, I went back to past photos to pull some others as coffee shops and cafes.
The 82 Bus The 82 CTA bus is the most direct route between Albany Park and Little Village, two neighborhoods that share many things in addition to the bus route even though it takes 50 minutes to go from Lawrence and Kimball to 26th and Lawndale. On Saturday I took rode the bus
Through a Window Some days, usually when it is cold or rainy, few people are out walking, but you can find them through a window in a coffee shop, shop or bar.
Cotton Candy My plan for 2023 is to make a post each week with a photo that I took that week, and then when I can, post photos I have taken in the past that are somehow connected. This week it is cotton candy. Sometime you remember the photos that you didn&
As We Leave 2022 2022 was a wonderful year in so many ways for me. But photography was not at the top of the list. So I have more plans and ambitions for 2023. In the meantime, here is my personal thirteen favorites for the year that was. (It was supposed to be twelve,
International Women's Day I was able to join a number of other women photographers who are members of Women in Focus to join in a pop up exhibit at a gallery to honor Women of the World: Photography without Boundaries. I was able to submit five photographs – and these were the ones that
I Believe that We Will Win I joined a rally and march to protest the Rittenhouse verdict. So I guess I could write here here about the injustice of it and how all of our institutions fail us – that the whole damn system is guilty as hell. And I am sure I will write about that
Hot Dogs in NYC These are literal hot dogs – there are a lot of other kinds of hot dogs in NYC, but that is for another post. More accurately these are the hot dog vendors – who work at night and light up their stands. When we were in NYC a couple of week'
Living It's All About the Shute Over the years, I've come to appreciate Halloween more and more. It is our one holiday that is more about community and neighbors and not just about family and friends. After all what is more communal that knocking on neighbors' doors and giving to all who come.
Living Halloween on Three Blocks I am not so sure when Halloween became such a thing. Well, maybe not so much of a thing everywhere. However, in Oak Park it is. This is just a sampling and these photos were taken only on three blocks of Home Ave.
