There will be a special On the Road post on Monday morning as a tribute to Alain.
On the Road – For Alain – Fly Away Home
You are invited to share a photo and a short note, to be included in the post itself, if you wish.
So if there is a picture you would like included in the memorial On the Road, can you send it to me?
We will include a photo and note from anyone who wants to participate. If you’re interested, please send me a little note along with the picture, and your nym, so they can be included with photo. Choose a photo that you love, or that you think Alain would have loved, or that makes you think of him. If you like, say a few words about why you chose that particular picture, what Alain meant to you, or what On the Road has meant to you, whatever you want.
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In addition to the photos and short notes that will be part of the tribute post itself, you will of course be able to add anything you like in the comments. So please don’t feel like you need to send something in advance in order to be able to participate.
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We checked in with a number of people, and everyone said, “no, next week is not too soon, please start On the Road again next week.” So the tribute to Alain will be on Monday, and the series will pick back up the day after that.
Monday through Friday at 5 am, just like always.
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All future On the Road posts will continue to have Alain’s byline, out of respect. The display name for Alain’s posts will most likely be changed from “Alain” to “Alain Chamot (1971-2020)”.
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The introductory blurb that shows up with each On the Road post has been edited to add one new line.
You can see it here.
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There are 15 On the Road submissions that have not yet been published.
On the off-chance that you submitted something not yet published, that is not on the list below, we hope you will take the time to submit it again.
If you have been thinking about submitting some photos, we hope you will go ahead and send them. There is a link to the submission form in every On the Road post, in the sidebar under Calling All Jackals and under On the Road in the category bar (and in the hamburger on mobile).
Existing Submissions that Have Not Yet Been Published
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Unrelated, but not totally unrelated
There is another post called Alain’s Sourdough Starter Exchange where you can pop in to say that you would love to have some of the starter or that you have starter and are willing to share once it’s established. That post is pinned in the Calling All Jackals section in the sidebar.
zhena gogolia
Oh, this is beautiful. Looking forward to it.
MomSense
How do we submit a photo for the Monday tribute?
Ksmiami
Any updates on a memorial fund?
thanks
WaterGirl
@MomSense: Send me an email with the photo and a few words to go with it.
email address is my nym at balloon-juice.com
Ksmiami
@zhena gogolia: Yay so glad you’re still posting
evap
I submitted some photos of Ireland about a week ago, did they arrive? Should I try again?
WaterGirl
@evap: do you recall a word from the title? And I assume you submitted under the nym “evap”?
Shantanu Saha
The Road goes ever on and on
Out from the door where it began.
Now far ahead the Road has gone,
Let others follow it who can!
Let them a journey new begin,
But I at last with weary feet
Will turn towards the lighted inn,
My evening-rest and sleep to meet.
– J.R.R. Tolkien
geg6
I don’t do well with landscapes but really wanted to submit something in honor of Alain, so I hope they made it through submitting by iPhone. LOL!
WaterGirl
@geg6: I don’t have it yet, did you send the image to the watergirl email address?
edit: ah, I see that you submitted a 2-photo On the Road form.
That will go on the list of submissions to be published.
For this tribute to Alain, we are looking for a single photo with a note that says whatever you want – that will be part of a larger On the Road tribute to Alain.
So sorry if I wasn’t clear enough!
WaterGirl
@geg6: Both pictures are adorable! If you want to use one of those photos for the tribute, is there a note you want to include, related to Alain?
geg6
@WaterGirl:
Oooo, no I used the submission form. I don’t have email on my phone as then students, my boss and parents expect me to answer 24/7. No freaking way!
If that won’t work, I’ll try to download from my phone to my computer and email you.
WaterGirl
@geg6: If you want to use one of the photos from your form, i can get the photo, so all you would need to do is tell me what you might want the accompanying note to say in the tribute.
but now you know the form works for you!
geg6
@WaterGirl:
Just that I opened his On The Road posts first thing every morning and it always inspired me for the day. And that’s how I remember him: kind, patient and inspiring.
mrmoshpotato
That is one good looking forest road. I want to ride my bicycle.
WaterGirl
@geg6: Okay, will include that note with your pic. Which of the two pics? I think the one where Caroline is waving, would be perfect, but of course it’s up to you. It seems to me like she is waving to Alain wherever he is, or waving goodbye.
rikyrah
Awe???
zhena gogolia
@Ksmiami:
Oh, I haven’t done GBCW in a while.
geg6
@WaterGirl:
Agreed!
WaterGirl
@geg6: Will do. thanks
West of the Rockies
Definitely OT, but us anyone watching the Global Citizen program? I hope sooner or later someone sings something a tad more cheerful. In Live Aid, Queen unloosed their classics.
MomSense
@West of the Rockies:
I think the headliners are later in the program. I enjoyed Sheryl Crow just now, though.
Nancy
I felt as if I knew Alain as he came by each week to offer updates on the site and post beautiful pictures. I am saddened by his loss, but his presence will continue.
Miss Bianca
I will have to find some nice photo from…well…my backyard, since in a way it was Alain’s back yard too. Just a quick trip from the Mountain Hacienda over Oak Creek Grade to Canon City…
Oh, golly, I’m still not sure I’m really ready to cope with the fact that he’s gone.
H.E.Wolf
“Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still.” – William Penn, 1693
West of the Rockies
@MomSense:
She was good. I see Jack Johnson is still hitting those strings like he’s hoping to sever them.
BTW, I did send in a photo to, I hope, be included in Alain’s tribute. Still stunned that he’s gone. I know he is the true center of this thread.
WaterGirl
@Nancy: Are you the Nancy who just sent me a photo? If so, your comment here would make a nice accompaniment to the photo.
evap
@WaterGirl: yes, under evap and I used the submission form. I think the title was Ireland, March 2020
WaterGirl
@evap: I double-checked and I am not finding it. Do you want to try a test submission now, with just one photo, so you and I can both see that it goes through before you do a “real” submission again?
206inKY
This is incredibly beautiful community. I mostly lurk, but I just want to say thank you, all of you, for being you.
way2blue
Thank you, Water Girl. You’ve morphed Alain’s ‘On the Road’ feature into a wonderful tribute to his generosity and spirit.