Comments on: Home: Not Always Where We Think It Is

By: Candice

Candice — Tue, 10 Jun 2014 12:52:03 +0000

Heavens, I have been missing in action! Getting ready for school . . . I love the old sign, too, and it’s my favorite photo so far this year. It’ll be on calendars and cards I make. So many signs like that were lit up and down highways that are still busy but all the motel business is on Interstates and they are all chain motels. I loved staying in Mom and Pop motels when I was a kid.

By: Melissa Gaggiano

Melissa Gaggiano — Wed, 14 May 2014 03:28:43 +0000

I love the old sign. I can imagine how brightly it would have shone in its day.

By: Candice

Candice — Tue, 13 May 2014 20:53:28 +0000

In reply to jeannine atkins. Thank you, Miss Jeannine. I decided to get out of my own way on this blog post and let Rebecca Solnit say what I couldn't. Have you read any of her books? She's wonderful!

By: jeannine atkins

jeannine atkins — Tue, 13 May 2014 16:53:53 +0000

You are the queen of finding beauty. Giving us all hope.

By: Candice

Candice — Mon, 12 May 2014 22:28:55 +0000

In reply to Donna. I loved taking these pictures and thinking about the people who slept here or crashed here years after the motel closed. Lost, all of them. There are times when I want to be lost. But at bedtime, I want to be home.

By: Donna

Donna — Mon, 12 May 2014 14:10:22 +0000

Great photo essay. I’ll have to look for A Field Guide to Getting Lost. Rebecca’s thoughtful words have given me a new reason to be grateful for the many times I found myself lost. Your pictures, so full of heart and soul, tell the story – even if the words were gone.