Happy photo Friday, DMV! It’s Sept. 18.
Creative Mornings DC — which holds free monthly events for the creative community — sent out a last-minute request this week for proposals to give a talk this morning. I banged out my pitch and put my name in the hat. They said yes. Woot!
Today I hand it over to David Seletyn, 53, of Ashburn, Virginia. David, a rower, told me in April about his masters rowing club — the Northern Virginia Rowing Club — which has members ranging in age from 25 to 72.
In late July, he sent me this pic of a midsummer morning on the Occoquan River.
(David Seletyn)
“On Friday, July 24 at 6:00 AM, I went for an early morning row. This is the first time I have been on the water this early at the Occoquan,” he wrote in his submission.
“I was helping one of our crews train for an upcoming regatta. One of their members couldn’t make the practice, so I was filling in for them.
“If you zoom in on the mist in the background, you can see early morning scullers carrying their singles on the dock. The mist is referred to as ‘water smoke’ instead of fog because the air temperature — 60 degrees that morning — was so much cooler than the warm water. It was a good, brisk row, and I was able to still get to work at 9:00.”
Dear readers: I consider my Daily Dose a community gratitude journal. It’s free, and I work on it solo, spending hours each day mining for story ideas, interviewing and exploring. Please consider supporting my work with a monthly or yearly donation to help make this project sustainable. Do you know anyone who would enjoy reading me? Forward this to them to help me grow. For newcomers: To subscribe, click here. And to those who already support me: I appreciate you.
📰 News around the DMV
Democrats warn OPM’s health data collection plan goes too far (Federal News Network)
Neighbors are upset over federal agents’ presence at a D.C. school (Washington Sun)
🎨 Things to do
We have until Sunday to see “Tomorrow the Sun Will Rise,” a juried exhibition showcasing 48 artists based in the greater D.C. region. The pieces were selected from 1,500 applications. It has been on my to-do list since last month — gotta go see it.
Plus …
Including a “Hands Around the Kennedy Center” rally at 6:30 p.m. today.
15 things to do in D.C. this weekend (The 51st)
And another plug …
🚣
