Look! Over there! Damn good folks!
I hear people say that there are few good people left and I just don’t really believe that. Sure, there are people who are caught up in their own drama, myself included, but there are some really good folks around. All you have to do is look for them, or in my case, they find me without me evening having to look!
A couple of years ago I remember writing a post about wanting to visit with a lot of my fellow bloggers. To date, I’ve met but a few. Tomorrow, in keeping with my desire to meet more, I’ll be flying to New Jersey to spend a few days with Tom, The Photo Father. He has been very gracious to open his home to me and take me on a photographic tour around the New York area. You should see how much he has planned. I doubt that we will be able to complete it all, have deep meaningful conversations, and eat if we do everything that he wants to show me. We’ve never met in person, but have traded e-mails frequently. I love these types of meets. I would do the same thing for my fellow bloggers!
The whole meetup started when Tom told me that I should come and visit him one day. I told him to be careful what he wished for because I’d do it. Again, he said, let’s do it. So, we started talking about dates and settled on Halloween weekend. Sweet!
More nice folks
On Sunday I received a phone call and an e-mail from my friend Earl offering to let me take his D300 to NY. Talk about generous. Unfortunately, by the time that I had gotten the message, I was about to head back to Charleston, but the generosity was something special. Thanks, Earl! Thanks so much!
Also, a special thanks to Trista. Trista is Dennis’s girlfriend. Dennis a friend of mine and a coworker. She was reading my blog the other day and saw that my D300 had bitten the dust. She then graciously offered to loan me her Nikon D40, which I’ll be taking with me! How about that?!
Maybe it’s just the blogging community, but I don’t think so. There are a number of kind and caring people out there!
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There are a lot of great people. I meet many wonderful people all the time. I think we often just don’t take the time to notice. It is so nice when they find you.
If you are anywhere near Union County…give me a shout. Maybe I can catch up with you at one of your photo-stops. Freehold is about 30 minutes south of me.
It is a shame that we too often focus on the not-so-nice people (and other elements) in our lives and don’t always notice the lovely people around us. But, that is one of my favorite things about your blog. You not only meet and notice nice people, you share those stories with us and it makes me think about paying attention to those folks in my life.
I think it is great to eventually meet someone you have known online for so long. I did just that recently in Alaska. Have a good trip!
Without a doubt, the world is full of great people. I meet them every week when I’m out – and I’m trying to sell something.