"Runnin' on Empty"
"Runnin'on Empty" was an old Jackson Browne song that perfectly summarizes how I feel this morning.
Like an old car (dipping into the automotive/highway analogies) I need a jump-start since my battery is darn near dead. Diet Mountain Dew and chocolate will only get me so far! We have really ramped up the shooting schedule for the documentary. We need to. I'm trying to out-run the weather and the fall leaf changes so our film looks good and we're not dealing with a landscape that is brown and leaf-free.
Due to the recession/economic slowdown, we didn't get a strong start with fundraising, so we waited until some seed money came in before we started shooting. Now, we have a couple of amazing donors, including Smead Co. (the maker of office supply products) located on Highway 61 in beautiful, historic Hastings, Minnesota. I can't thank them enough for supporting this worthy effort. We still need to keep raising money, plus I'm getting ready for a book tour and there is the ongoing cycle of booking guests/planning shoots/logging tapes we've shot and reworking the script. I also have a full-time job, so I think that is why I'm "runnin' on empty".
We had a great shoot September 8th at the graceful LeDuc Mansion in Hastings. My goal is to tell the story of the LeDuc daughters who essentially ran an embroidery business out of their home in the late 1800's-early 1900's, which wasn't done by "proper" women at the time. I have been finding that women's stories and stories of people of color are often ignored, and it has been rewarding to uncover some of them and include them in "Tales of the Road-Highway 61" the book and the documentary.
After I drop off a carload of video equipment, it is time for a quick nap, before I get back on the phone to line up more guests for interviews!!
If you are following our progress...thanks! Do drop me a line with comments or questions!
Like an old car (dipping into the automotive/highway analogies) I need a jump-start since my battery is darn near dead. Diet Mountain Dew and chocolate will only get me so far! We have really ramped up the shooting schedule for the documentary. We need to. I'm trying to out-run the weather and the fall leaf changes so our film looks good and we're not dealing with a landscape that is brown and leaf-free.
Due to the recession/economic slowdown, we didn't get a strong start with fundraising, so we waited until some seed money came in before we started shooting. Now, we have a couple of amazing donors, including Smead Co. (the maker of office supply products) located on Highway 61 in beautiful, historic Hastings, Minnesota. I can't thank them enough for supporting this worthy effort. We still need to keep raising money, plus I'm getting ready for a book tour and there is the ongoing cycle of booking guests/planning shoots/logging tapes we've shot and reworking the script. I also have a full-time job, so I think that is why I'm "runnin' on empty".
We had a great shoot September 8th at the graceful LeDuc Mansion in Hastings. My goal is to tell the story of the LeDuc daughters who essentially ran an embroidery business out of their home in the late 1800's-early 1900's, which wasn't done by "proper" women at the time. I have been finding that women's stories and stories of people of color are often ignored, and it has been rewarding to uncover some of them and include them in "Tales of the Road-Highway 61" the book and the documentary.
After I drop off a carload of video equipment, it is time for a quick nap, before I get back on the phone to line up more guests for interviews!!
If you are following our progress...thanks! Do drop me a line with comments or questions!
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8:14 AM
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