Aaron Clamage
Depression, butterflies and indelible transformation. We're taking it day by day.
COVID-19
Camille Watkin
"I'm not sure if it's comfort we have found in food, or comfort in knowing that we now have time to enjoy our food."
9 Questions with Incoming APS Superintendent Francisco Durán
Durán comes from Fairfax County Public Schools and assumes his new post on June 1.
Cal Cates
"As a massage therapist in the middle of a global pandemic, I'd like to ask you to stay home—no matter what the governor says."
Ingrid Gorman
Searching for sanity in home improvement: "The drooping cabinet door nobody cared about for years is now a disappointment."
Tracy Cooley
"I've decided to use this time to discover my own city by walking or running every street."
Lisa Griffin
When Covid-19 interrupted plans to honor this American hero with a proper retirement ceremony at Fort Myer, we knew we had to step up.
Patricia Fuentes Burns
"Being able to read and write more helps me with the uncertainty of the crisis and is also the gift of the crisis."
Barry Altman
"All I knew growing up was apartment living. There was always a dish-drain rack."
Samara Weinstein
"Back in grad school I was an extrovert. I'm different now. The quarantine has definitely brought out the introvert in me."
Sarah Nealy
"Giving birth to your first child is an exciting and nerve-racking experience. Now throw in a pandemic."
Paula Levin-Alcorn
"Will our dogs need grief therapy after we all go back to work? Or will they be relieved?"
Virginia Hospital Center Resumes Elective Procedures
The governor's stay on non-emergency procedures has been lifted. Time to schedule that colonoscopy or cardiac workup.
David Amoroso
"The world stops for hours as I create new paintings. Art has always been my therapy."
Monique Caldwell
Scenes from a middle school theater production: "We have now been in online rehearsals for about four weeks."
Maureen Devine-Ahl
"Home is not a safe place for everyone, especially those in isolation who are victims of domestic violence."
Kim Rosenthal
"Without hockey and baseball, my husband recently found himself cheering the skillful play of a dodgeball tournament rerun."
The Tweet Heard Round the World
Arlington epidemiologist Eric Feigl-Ding warned in January that COVID-19 could be catastrophic. Some said he was crying wolf.
Amanda Taylor
"I can be welcomed into a grocery store with a bandana tied around my face. My white skin frees me from the worry that I may be mistaken for a criminal."
46 Days of Longing: Portraits in Driveway Art
They can't go to the playground, the party or the pool right now. But the Portner twins can picture themselves there.
Marybeth Connelly
"We needed a hippo-sized mascot face mask, so I made one." Happy Birthday, Danny!
What You Should Know Before You Need a Ventilator
"It is yet another heartbreaking reality of dying during a pandemic. Patients cannot tell us what they want."
