View from hotel, Oceanside
Flowers and Shoreline
Breathtaking Perspective
Waves, Rocks and Birds
Beach Sunset
Jeff, Danny, me, Mom
Bride and Groom My dad sent me an email last week about the Wichita Eagle (newspaper in Wichita, KS) needing Oregon coast travel stories. We both decided to submit one. They had to be 200 words or less, which was challenging. It was a fun experience, though, thinking about how to capture my admiration for the coast in as few words as possible while including the wedding story. We also submitted some photos (see above for photos, all taken by my dad). None of those got published, but both stories did! They're in the "Travel" section of Sunday's paper, or you can read them here. Ps: they didn't do much editing but it bugs me that they changed my wording from "the ocean and I were strangers" to "I and the ocean..." It just doesn't seem to read quite the same.
3 comments:
Great pictures! :) It's also cool you and your dad had your stories published in the Eagle.
I got your last letter - haven't responded by mail because I think by the time it got to you, you'd be off on your way. Have a safe trip home & we'll have to get together once you're back! :)
"The ocean and I" is much better, you're completely right. (And correct-- "I" should end a list of human subjects, why would it be different with the ocean?
Yeah, thank you. I was mostly surprised that editors who supposedly have a great handle on language would change it...and you're right, in my sentence the ocean is meant to take on human qualities, so what the ?
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