Comments for Douglas Simonson: An Artist's Diary

Comment on Leaving Home…Going Home! by Gilbert Chu

Gilbert Chu — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 00:29:23 +0000

You are invited in your travels to visit me in McMinnville, Oregon. Nebraska…..amazing. I have no attachments and have enjoyed living for a short while in Europe.

Gilbert

Comment on Leaving Home…Going Home! by Anderson O'Mealy

Anderson O'Mealy — Thu, 09 Feb 2012 21:02:32 +0000

Good luck on your new adventure, Douglas. We’ll miss you here in Hawaii; you have done a great service for the community and arts here. Thanks you for your years of support to the magazine. Aloha, Anderson

Comment on Leaving Home…Going Home! by Steve Johnston

Steve Johnston — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 18:56:54 +0000

Da time has come for the big move. I never believed you would move to the islands and now I find it hard to think of you coming home. After visiting you years ago in Honolulu it was easy to see why you were there, it’s a paradise.
It will be great to see you back and easily available to family in Lincoln and I am not too far away in New Mex. I just hope you bring your snow shovel and forget about breaking ice for the cattle when it’s 20 below, we don’t have cattle anymore.
love bro steve

Comment on Leaving Home…Going Home! by Thom

Thom — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:47:01 +0000

Wow, Pep, what a great ‘arrival’ you’re making. The fact that you’ve reached a point where you’re so totally at home in yourself that your geographic home base is incidental is wonderful. Good luck with finalizing all the closing details of your move. I’ll give you a holler when I”m back on the aina later this month. Peace and aloha, Thom

Comment on Leaving Home…Going Home! by Douglas Simonson

Douglas Simonson — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:18:26 +0000

well, margie, keep in mind that i will not actually be living there….i’ll be on a beach somewhere handling stuff via e-mail! but i will be checking in every few months…and yeah, i’ll tell everybody you said hello! great to hear from you!

Comment on Leaving Home…Going Home! by Margie Warren

Margie Warren — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:16:13 +0000

Welcome back to good ole Nebraska. I would have to say, I was one of the surprised ones….lol
It sounded like so much fun living in Hawaii, but I’m sure it is very very pricey. Enjoy your travels.
Tell all your family HI when you get here.
Margie

Comment on Leaving Home…Going Home! by Robert

Robert — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 06:15:17 +0000

There comes a time in all our lives when we must make a change. I wish you all the LUCK in the WORLD. As long as I can still buy your work, I don’t care where you live. Will always remembe when I met you in Chicago.

Comment on Leaving Home…Going Home! by Bob slavin

Bob slavin — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 00:44:18 +0000

Hope to see you when you are in Honolulu sometime in the future. Yes, the whole world will always be yours, Doug! Keep on sharing the beauty you see.

Comment on Letter from Brazil by Daniela

Daniela — Mon, 19 Dec 2011 03:52:47 +0000

Doug querido,
Amazing all your diary about your trip!
I loved meet you and I,m sure that we ll keep in touch forever!
I wish that you will find a lot of gorgeous models yet this year!
And for you my dear all best ever!
With love, beijos cariocas,
Daniela

Comment on Letter from Brazil by Bobby

Bobby — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 07:17:03 +0000

Aloha Douglas,

I am sorry to hear that you are going through such hard tmes. For what it may be worth: I can relate. When I was obliged to retire in 2006, it sent me into a downward depressive spiral that I am only just recovering from 6 years later. I give you credit for being able to ultimately “go with the flow” as you Islanders might say:) I regret that I have not had the opportunity to see you in all these years.

Happy Holidays,

Bobby

P.S. Alot of nice artwork came out of that estate sale. I conceived of remodeling my home in 2005. Then when in my mind I had “lost ,my job” though that was technically inaccurate, I was too ill to do much of anything. In 2008, I selected a general contractor and restarted the process. But I still was not well enough to proceed. It is only now, 5 years after conception and 3 years after selecting a contractor that work is finally being done on my apartment. I am adding Asian accents to the pre-existing Art Deco motif. I expect to have at least one of your pieces hanging in each room.