Holy Communion Photo Essay, Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland
Oisin and Sarah’s First Holy Communion, Blacklion Church, Greystones, County Wicklow, Ireland. May, 2012.
2013 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering Photographs Elko, Nevada
Images from the 2013 National Cowboy Poetry Gathering.
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Brigid and John Reedy at the Friday night dance with the Saddle Cats.
Texas Two-Step dance class with music performed live by Wylie and the Wild West
Texas Two-Step dance class with music performed live by Wylie and the Wild West
Wylie and the Wild West pack up after performing at a Texas Two-Step dance class.
John Reedy and Brigid Reedy watch Wally McRae on a screen backstage as McRae performs live onstage to the right.
Wally McRae, Elizabeth Ebert and Randy Rieman backstage before a show at the Elko Convention Center
Marco Rufo plays the Italian organetto for an audience. He and Gianluca Zammarelli performed Italian Traditional rural music at the G Bar Theater.
D.W. Groethe onstage during a poetry session.
The Quebe sisters and Max Baca listen to Josh Baca of Max Baca and the Los Texmaniacs demonstrate with the accordion backstage after their performances. Scenes from the 29th annual National Cowboy Poetry Gathering in Elko, Nevada. January 30, 2013. (Photo by Jessica Brandi Lifland)
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Rockaway November 2012
I will post photos here from my time in the Rockaways. I only wish I had MUCH more time and that I had arrived weeks ago. People here still need help. They need help in so many ways but many still have no water heat or power. They need Food, Rx, generators…seniors are still being discovered isolated in their apartments. Rebuilding efforts will be kicking in soon as the clean up is underway. Many volunteers came in over the weekend to go house to house do demo to so many people’s homes as mold is beginning to creep in. They need to rip the water damaged floors of their homes down to the studs in many cases – if the homes are salvageable at all.
Nov 17:
Project Rubicon helps people such as Mariann Smith. More on them and her story to follow.
- Mariann Smith of Rockaway hugs military vet Kyle Murphy as a group of volunteers organized by Team Rubicon arrived to help clean up her home. Team Rubicon mobilizes military veterans to disaster relief areas to help get the relief effort going in areas that FEMA and the Red Cross have not yet been able to make an impact. The cleanup of Smith’s modest home took three days and involved removing all her possessions and throwing out those that are unsalvageable, demolishing the structure of her ground floor to its studs to remove mold, and making the home habitable for Smith, five dogs and about 24 cats she provides care for, most of whom are unadoptable.
Surfer at Beach 90th or B90th Street headed to B87th Street to surf. Behind him are the remnants to the boardwalk.
