{"id":3,"name":"Gary Gladstone","url":"","description":"I\u2019m a photojournalist and commercial photographer. (Remember LIFE, LOOK and the Saturday Evening POST?) <b><b>\r\n\r\n In the \u201860\u2019s, I was a comedy writer and jazz record producer. Since the \u201870\u2019s, I have authored eleven books mostly related to or containing photography. \r\n\r\nMy two most recent books are general interest works of humor and Americana. Seven years ago, \"Passing Gas And Other Towns Along The American Highway\" (Ten Speed Press) was published, followed by the sequel, \"Reaching Climax And Other Towns Along The American Highway.\" Collectively, they contain 110 portraits of people who live in absurdly named real towns like Stinking Point, Virginia Dickshooter, Idaho, Tight Squeeze, Virginia, Gas, Kansas and Climax, Minnesota. I wrote daily journals of my experiences visiting these towns, which became the text portion of these picture books.  \r\n\r\nSurprised by reviewer\u2019s unexpected comments on the writing, I gave up the road after 75,000 miles of self-financed travel for a keyboard and began telling true stories, using only words, just for fun. Two years and thirty chapters later, a memoir emerges with a working title: \u201cLoose Change\u201d The stories seem to make people smile. \r\n\r\nDipping into my childhood is a lot like popping into strange towns and discovering funny stories. It\u2019s just too much fun to stop. I\u2019ll post some short chapters, here. \r\n\r\nDon\u2019t look for deep meaning in many of the lead story illustrations. The accompanying images are just gratuitous eye candy.\r\n\r\nTo see a compilation of many of Gary's works, click <a href=\"https:\/\/wordpress.talesfromthelake.org\/index.php\/the-writings-of-gary-gladstone\/\">here.<\/a>\r\n\r\nAll work (photos and text) is \u00a9 Gary Gladstone and registered in the year it was created.","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.talesfromthelake.org\/index.php\/author\/joypebble\/","slug":"joypebble","avatar_urls":{"24":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ce35a01e7c16e62cb991bb588bf26497de14a7c0b05fa31b21eb0fb69646a92?s=24&d=mm&r=g","48":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ce35a01e7c16e62cb991bb588bf26497de14a7c0b05fa31b21eb0fb69646a92?s=48&d=mm&r=g","96":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/1ce35a01e7c16e62cb991bb588bf26497de14a7c0b05fa31b21eb0fb69646a92?s=96&d=mm&r=g"},"meta":{"jetpack_donation_warning_dismissed":false},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.talesfromthelake.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wordpress.talesfromthelake.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users"}]}}