tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post4429594300262840406..comments2024-03-28T20:15:56.227-05:00Comments on CITY OF DUST: The War Correspondentjmhousehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07470407787311078380noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-41045145375964778412016-11-28T23:06:34.992-06:002016-11-28T23:06:34.992-06:00Thank you for your comment, LindaLee/@LadyQuixote!...Thank you for your comment, LindaLee/@LadyQuixote! Most of the time I feel like my posts end up falling into the big, black hole of the internet shortly after I publish them, so hearing that you were affected by this story means a lot to me. It's inspiring and I certainly do appreciate it!<br /><br />That's neat that you live next to a ghost town I've written about. I have a lot of affection for these places.<br /><br />Very best regards, JM jmhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470407787311078380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-10296869524254724982016-11-28T13:46:13.634-06:002016-11-28T13:46:13.634-06:00This made me cry. Beautifully written. Almost unbe...This made me cry. Beautifully written. Almost unbearably so.<br /><br />I found your site because I live just a few miles from one of the ghost towns you've written about. Great pictures!<br /><br />Be safe.LindaLee/@LadyQuixotehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13539140572194194664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-55763491112748419472016-09-05T18:31:20.393-05:002016-09-05T18:31:20.393-05:00Thank you, Spence Udall! I'm glad you found Ci...Thank you, Spence Udall! I'm glad you found City of Dust, too! I can indeed divulge the locations of the churches. The color shot is of the Mission Chapel of Our Lady of Light (MCoOLoL) in Lamy, New Mexico, not far from Santa Fe. You can read a little more about that <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cityofdustnm/photos/a.251923124956264.1073741828.251915061623737/571215613027012/?type=3&theater" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>. The b&w photo is of the San Jose Mission at San Acacia, a handful of miles north of Socorro, New Mexico. More info on that is <a href="https://www.facebook.com/cityofdustnm/photos/a.251923124956264.1073741828.251915061623737/632410850240821/?type=3&theater" rel="nofollow">HERE</a>.<br /><br />Thanks again! JMjmhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470407787311078380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-86965058573789368872016-09-05T17:23:01.700-05:002016-09-05T17:23:01.700-05:00I am so glad that I ran across your on Facebook, I...I am so glad that I ran across your on Facebook, I love your pictures and stories. The two pics of the churches are you able to give their whereabouts?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12386487586429807279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-79654245456112417732016-04-20T15:20:46.721-05:002016-04-20T15:20:46.721-05:00Thanks! Good to hear from you, Viacomclosedmedown ...Thanks! Good to hear from you, Viacomclosedmedown on youtube! It just so happens that I'm in Minneapolis at the moment, too.<br /><br />You know, I wish I wrote more, but I tend to wait for the inspiration to strike. Sadly, that doesn't happen all that frequently. I did post a story called <a href="http://cityofdust.blogspot.com/2015/11/the-real-desert.html" rel="nofollow">"The Real Desert"</a> a while back and another, <a href="http://cityofdust.blogspot.com/2015/06/independence-day.html" rel="nofollow">"Independence Day,"</a> last year. That's all I've managed since <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Loss-Words-Other-Stories-Excerpts/dp/1505922429" rel="nofollow">the book</a> though.<br /><br />As for the photos, those are medium format film shots taken with a plastic <a href="https://www.lomography.com/magazine/222406-woca-120g" rel="nofollow">WOCA 120G</a> lomographic camera that prefers to operate mostly out of my control. Occasionally a shot will fail outright, but usually I just get some psychedelic light bleeds and interesting focus variability. Beyond a basic color correction on the scanned digital image, those are unprocessed. I like that temperamental little camera!<br /><br />Hope things are going well! JMjmhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07470407787311078380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7921005.post-70672357952936741552016-04-19T07:31:30.212-05:002016-04-19T07:31:30.212-05:00THanks John. Nice to see some writing again. I h...THanks John. Nice to see some writing again. I had to commment looking at these cool photos. I do 'tricks' with my miniDV camera when I used to use it more over phone, but I could get curved lines my moving the camera as I take a shot but these colors you add is another cool dimension of adjustments shall we say plus the other 'tweeks'Viacomclosedmedown on youtubehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03189433263709439498noreply@blogger.com