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The Road Is Lonely Lyrics
By Jennifer Triplett, Copyright 2023, Alt Title 'The Road Gets Lonely' The road gets lonely as the street lights pass me by Sometimes if only you could be here by my side And oh in the distance a young boy takes his life Oh in the silence a woman shouts and cries Oh...
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The Road is Lonely: What’s The Story?
Introspection from the Songwriter By Jennifer Triplett As a survivor of loss, you may always carry a new perspective on life which can be a struggle or fight (“us against the world “). “Streets lights pass me by” is a metaphor for time passing by and souls leaving,...
Music: Making Happiness
Music Feeding Other's Soul Writing songs was really a default for the fact I couldn’t read music or didn’t have the patience to learn. It was a big challenge during my grade school piano lessons. So instead, I would just go over to the piano and doodle and sing, until...
The Road is Lonely: Media Selection
Cover Art Sketches for the Road Gets Lonely Alt Title the 'The Road is Lonely' Photography by Jennifer Triplett Cover art by Jennifer Triplett The primary message of this song is about loss as if no one else really gets it. The cover art for this song was inspired by...
Big Steps in My Music Journey: Join Me
There is nothing more challenging to me than writing about myself as I am getting ready to release my first single “The Road Gets Lonely’ this Fall. I can think up 100 different procrastinating tasks to perform rather than put into words what my narrative is. What...
Making Some Me Time
I started this blog about 14 years ago as an outlet to continue my creative passions after quitting my career to raise my two toddler sons. Now I am sitting back down after re-discovering my passion for songwriting since my adult sons have set sail into the word of...
Photography – Behind the Lens
Abstracting Longwood Gardens
Longwood Garden Light Display Just awhile ago I had the pleasure of visiting Longwood Gardens in PA. While the crowds were a bit overwhelming, the spectacular exhibits were not. But beyond the typical light images that I enjoy taking a step outside my comfort zone and...
Holiday Challenge: Abstract Photography
Holiday Abstract By Jennifer Triplett The mission of this photography session was to create the lights as if they were floating by themselves and to make them apear at different levels which was achieved with stepping my camera lens manually.
Abstract Photography: The Storm
Fun Friday or Freedom Friday. Happy Solstice! My way to do something a little different that comes from studio work. Freedom to be creative and explore the unknown and simply see what transpires. This photography of lights was actually taken while moving in a car at...
Here’s to Seeing Flowers Again
Looking Forward to Seeing Flowers I am looking forward to seeing flowers like this rose again soon. I took this photo in the fall. When I notice the beautiful fall colors surrounding me, I overlooked this brilliant colored rose. I really loved the color of the orange...
Transforming Photography
Photography Beyond the Photograph Photography by Jennifer Triplett The beauty of photography is that it captures a moment in time and that you can use it to evoke feelings. With that said, there are allot of opinions as to at what point photography transforms itself...
Rescued Wolves in the Snow
Wolves that Were Rescued I recently visited the Wolf Sanctuary in Pennsylvania and was able to take loads of photos of them in the snow. Of course I would have preferred taking photos of them in the wild, but they were magnificent creatures. Unfortunately people...
Flowers and Focal Points
Enjoying my new camera, I experimented with the focal point feature. With multiple focal points I tried to get a middle focus or somewhere in-between. Notice one little bud off to the right is more in focus than the foreground and flowers behind. To me, the eye...
Weekly Late Challenge Geometry
Geometry Weekly Challenge (a little late) I don't know which is more of a challenge...taking the pictures or making the posts (with boys - who are currently expressing themselves musically). Anyway, I noticed last week's photo challenge was Geometry. Kind of late, but...
Flowers: Celebrating a New Camera
Flowers with a Touch of Imperfection After much waiting and researching and waiting and then researching again, I final replaced my good old Rebel xTi. I haven't looked back. My new camera is the Canon 7D. Here is one of my first shots outside. I chose an easy...