On Nov 13, 2005, at 6:54 AM, Cotty wrote:
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EOS 1DmII + Pentax SMC-A* 85mm f/1.4
1/8000th at f/1.4, levels, sharpened, slight crop.
BTW, William is 105 years old, and still has his ration of rum every
night at 9pm.
Veterans Day always me brings powerful reminders of those friends who
served in the armed forces: my teenage years in the Vietnam War era
cannot be expunged from memory, the emotions are still there. I try
to do something related in honor. This year the Michael Kenna lecture
on "Impossible to Forget" was the evening of the 9th, and the evening
of the 10th I went to see "Jarhead", the adaptation of Marine Anthony
Swofford's memoir of the Gulf War. In both, I found again that other
space that I remember from waiting for the draft lottery results in
my 19th year ..
Excellent photo, Cotty. May there be fewer veterans to honor in
future eras. We, born in the bloody world of the 20th Century, will
not lack for them however we might hope.
Godfrey
