So, a few months back I took a drive up north, and ended up taking a few gravel roads and finding my way to Defiance. It wasn’t that far north, but having never been there, I enjoyed the ride. I made a few stops and these are the photos I got. Nothing too earth-shattering, or mind-blowing, but lay off… i like them!
Spending a day at the lake. A nice get away from the distractions at my apartment. Tonight, I have been doing some organizing, paperwork, and job-applying. So I needed some tunes to back me up. Here are just a few you may enjoy. Most of them are songs I listened to in the past, I’ll try to include some new songs for ya. Some of of them (mainly the first video) – may seem to some too ‘poppy’, but the girls got pipes, so give her a chance.
I have been lucky enough to spend a good while on the road recently, and a number of these have joined me along the way. I highly recommend all these artists if you are looking.
Also, I am taking any suggestions. Thanks for your time, and any assistance.
I have yet to seen the movie (Away We Go), which features this next song on its soundtrack, but a friend introduced me to the song, and I am very grateful.
That same friend introduced me to this next artist as well. She is on a roll, I would say.
This one is one of the older selections in this post, but it is still one of my all-time favorite songs, and Regina has one of my favorite voices. If you haven’t enjoyed it before, now is your chance.
Yesterday I got back to doing something I enjoy, driving. I had decided the day before that I needed a break from the routine; and then decided to head north.
My trip started with a 7:35 alarm, a cup of grapefruit juice, shower, and an 8:00-sharp departure. While I normally stick to side-streets and back-roads, I took I-75 north until Dundee Michigan. Afterall, Michigan was the goal; I can spend another day exploring the northern reaches of The Lima News’ coverage area. Arriving in Dundee I headed into the Cabela’s store there, because when I told my mother I would be in the area, she said there was something she hoped to get from there. It is a nice store… but I had little time to spare.
From Dundee I headed west on Michigan State Route 50 – into Britton (where the small town photos in the previous blog were shot), then through Techumseh and Brooklyn. Then I traveled through Lansing and Grand Rapids – sadly.. my goal was Lake Michigan, so I’ll have to make more trips to get the feel of these cities.
I ended up in Muskegon, Michigan. Located on the west coast of, Muskegon in right along Lake Michigan. It was a pretty town, architecture and the lake, but depressing too. Lots of abandoned buildings and vacant lots. But they did have lots of traffic, so everyone must have been working somewhere.
After a few short hours around Muskegon, I turned and headed for Lima. I stuck to the interstates and made in in just under 4 hours.
Well worth it. I had done a few of these nice trips when I had my Jeep, and I really needed time to clear my head and just breathe.
Thanks for your time
I was looking for a name for this blog a little earlier, and I kept coming back to this poem written by Robert Frost. I know it is likely one of the most over used poems for things like this, but I couldn’t get away from it.
Ultimately, I decided on ‘Maps and Moments’ because I felt that would be the main content of this blog; but this idea sprang from necessity after my first three blogname ideas had been taken. But I think this fits.
Here it is… enjoy. This poem was found at http://www.bartleby.com/119/1.html
Goodnight
..and hopefully my last. I now have three of these. The goal of this one, is to allow me to use my previous site, jaydavidsays.wordpress.com for work-related galleries and articles. This page will be a collection of galleries, recipes, videos, poetry, trip-tales and honestly, anything else that doesn’t belong on a professional photojournalist’s blog.
Thank you very much for your interest – and I do hope to update a a regular basis, as not to lose a surely captive audience.
Thanks again,
Jay
