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"Oh, By The Way" is my digital scrap book of things I like, things I would share with a close friend and say: “Oh, by the way, do you know of this artist/ clothing or interior designer/ model/ singer/ actor/ gorgeous man… or, have you seen this video/ photo/ film... or heard (or do you remember) this song/ band... or, read this book/ poem/ inspiring quote... or, visited this place/ museum/ restaurant/ famous building... or, have you heard of this amazing new scientific discovery?”
I am dedicated to posting the positive, the fascinating, the beautiful, the interesting, the moving, and the inspiring and uplifting. Sometimes I post cultural as well as personal observations, milestones, and remembrances. And just like life, all of these things may often have a bit of melancholy or even sadness in them, which is what makes our time here so lovely and bittersweet and precious.
Some of the photos, art, poetry, and prose are my own original work, credited with my initials, JEF. When it isn't, I always try to post links to the original source material, but often I find photos on the web that are not linked or other material that is not sourced. In these instances, I post them without malice since it is assumed that such things, by being globally posted on something as uncontrollable as the internet to begin with, are in the public domain. If you identify the source of an image that is not linked, please politely let me know (without accusing me of theft) and I will be happy to provide a link. If you are the owner of an image and would prefer it be removed, I am happy to do that as well.
I hope to inspire and entertain my readers with things that inspire and entertain me. There is a startling amount of beauty and creativity in the world and it enriches us all to participate in it.
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I came across your blog while looking for paintings by artist Kurt Solmssen. My parents had a cabin on Vaughn Bay; the subject of 80% of all of Kurts' paintings. Kurt and his family would come from PA every summer to his grandparents cabin and along with other locals and families, from CA and OR, who spent summers with their grandparents - we spent a blissfull 3 months each summer with no boundaries - swimming, campfires on the beach, waterskiing, boating (and yes the yellow row boat is an institution in and of itself). Kurt's oldest brother would read Tolstoy or another classic to us on hot summer days, although we were probably too young to understand, we lay quietly during reading time in the green grass looking up at the blue sky listening. At days end we would all grab our sleeping bags and sleep under the stars together in someone's front yard. While we all went on to live our lives in many different cities, we all to this day return to Vaughn with our children, so they too might experience the sheer freedom we so enjoyed as children.
Hi Anonymous,
Thanks so much for taking the time to share your lovely summer memories. I can hear the crickets...
Best,
JEF
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