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Comment on Daytrip to West L.A. by roadsidenut

roadsidenut — Fri, 24 May 2013 03:57:51 +0000

Congrats on your shows! Yes, I’m still recovering from losing Grip. After moping around for a few months, I rather impulsively added another dog to my pack. For chaos sake! More about him this weekend as I’ll be doing a blog post during a little L.A. trip.

I haven’t had much time to miss traveling yet. Still slaving away at the website & hope to catch up this summer with last year’s photos. THEN maybe I’ll be motivated to find a different job situation that will allow travel time.

Comment on Daytrip to West L.A. by galechicago

galechicago — Thu, 23 May 2013 18:51:06 +0000

Hello, Debra Jane! The spring semester is over, so I finally crawled out of the darkroom to get caught up with my online friends. I am so sorry about your loss of Gripper. Our animal companions are just as important as our human ones, and often more loyal and loving. And even though we love ALL animals, once or twice in a lifetime there comes along a dog or cat that we really connect with, who impacts our life deeply. A kindred spirit. You gave dear Grip a great life, full of fun and adventure. She was lucky to have you as her companion.

Your day-trip yielded some great photos! The last time I shot photos was in February, a day-trip to Bakersfield.

I had three gallery shows with my photos this spring, which kept me insanely busy. One group show in Hollywood is still up. I haven’t even seen it yet!

I know you’re itching to get back on the road with another Big Trip, but in the meantime, I hope you are enjoying the beach, your new job, and settling into the California groove.

Comment on Daytrip to West L.A. by roadsidenut

roadsidenut — Thu, 09 May 2013 01:17:46 +0000

Thanks for you kind words. Grip was an incredible dog and I’m still raw from missing her. When a dog gets to double-digits, you know every day is a blessing. But I’d give up a year of my life for another year with her. But the gods work in mysterious ways. It wasn’t going to be easy living with two blind and active dogs — so this means I’ll be able to take better care of Nik as his good eye continues to degenerate.

All I know is I’m staying away from these droopy-flowery trees since they’re poisonous!

Comment on Daytrip to West L.A. by Monika

Monika — Thu, 09 May 2013 00:52:39 +0000

So happy to see you back. Gripper is still in my thoughts, as are you and the other pups.

I always knew your bush/tree in question to be called “angel’s trumpet”. I don’t know if that’s right, but that’s what we call ‘em!

Comment on Daytrip to West L.A. by roadsidenut

roadsidenut — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:27:54 +0000

Thanks. My traveling days are not over — just on hold for a bit. I’ll have another quickie weekend trip to post next month.

Comment on Daytrip to West L.A. by Gunnar

Gunnar — Wed, 08 May 2013 17:26:18 +0000

Glad to see you’re posting again…welcome back! Missed reading about your travels in the last few months. So sorry about losing your friend.

Comment on Daytrip to West L.A. by roadsidenut

roadsidenut — Wed, 08 May 2013 02:08:06 +0000

Thanks, Corey. Good to hear from you. I will eventually get my Colorado photos up at my website. Still bogged down with Minnesota, South Dakota, Wyoming and then finally, last but not least, Colorado!

Comment on Daytrip to West L.A. by Corey

Corey — Tue, 07 May 2013 22:51:20 +0000

I loved reading your latest post. I’m glad to see you have seemed to have settled in. Sorry to hear that Gripper passed away.

Comment on More from L.A. (Day 2) by roadsidenut

roadsidenut — Tue, 07 May 2013 21:39:59 +0000

This sounds like spam to me — but I’ll answer in case you might be a real person. My blog posts are written when I’m absolutely exhausted — at the end of a full day of shooting. I just babble in one-sided conversation fashion. Just trying to recap the day and identify the photos (biz name, where it is, any anecdotes or personal remarks) — so it’s pretty easy.

For more serious writing, I’m very slow. I usually just keep a bunch of notes, facts, and then when I’m ready to write, I try to assemble them in story-telling fashion — as if I were writing to a friend that had no knowledge of the subject. I do a marathon session and try to get the whole thing put together, warts and all. Then, I come back the next day and tweak, rewrite a bit. Then, a third day with a clear head, in the morning preferably, I make sure things make sense, the grammar is right, tweak or rearrange a bit, make sure nothing’s left out, etc.

Hope that helps — that is if you ARE a real person and not a robot.

Comment on Daytrip to West L.A. by roadsidenut

roadsidenut — Tue, 07 May 2013 21:34:05 +0000

Hey Jamie — Good to hear from you. It was Grip that “passed on”. Hopefully, Grem will be around another dozen years. Surely, I’ll be deaf by then from her barking.

I only post a few photos to my blog & Flickr. I did reshoot the Westwood theatres on Saturday and will get them and another 150 photos or so up at the website soon.