Cesar, that was a really sensitive and thought-provoking email: I have to say I feel a little the same way about the PDML. Some of us have known each other electronically (not the same as biblically!) for so long, in my own case for over 10 years, that we are, to some extent at least, family. We have our births and deaths (not so many of the latter so far, fortunately), our weddings and our break-ups.
This is the group I can always come to for thoughts not just on photography, but on almost any topic under the sun! May I wish you and yours the very best for 2009, and hope to hear more from you than you have been able to manage of late? Best regards John in Brisbane -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Cesar Matamoros II Sent: Thursday, 1 January 2009 6:23 PM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: Arbitrary ruminations and possibly too long. Greetings to the list, First, I must apologize to the list for being quiet for so long. But then again my silence may not be not be a bad thing :-) I have had too much going on personally that I have had to sacrifice my time 'on the list'. And though it may be a celebratory time this post is not influenced by my partaking on some 2002 Gannon Cabernet Sauvignon. Ere I forget, Happy New Year! I am just getting back from spending New Year's Eve with my parents and an aunt. We celebrated the New Year in two USA time zones - one for the east coast [New York City - where I am from and where my parents began their life in the USA], and one for the central time zone where we are geographically located. We did end the night 'culturally' by having tamales and coffee. It brings back many memories from my childhood. I did miss out on torrijas though :-( I have no pictures to post yet - though I did take quite a few on the 31st. I will go out to take some shots this New Year. I will be taking them digitally [*ist D] along with medium format [Pentax 67] and possibly 35mm [LX or Leica M3 or IIIf]. It has been too long since I have taken a 35mm shot :-( I am sure I will bore you with the digital shots soon enough... I just remembered - I have the 645 format that I can shoot in too! Too many cameras, too little time :-P Tonight I was made aware of the importance of family - this was reinforced by a list member who repeatedly poked me to get in touch. I will not mention them by name, but suffice it to say that this list seems to be a grounding of sorts for me. I must say that I am blessed not only by my family by 'blood' but by the family that is this list. I must admit that I have come across a few 'families' in my meanderings. And I must reiterate that this list is a 'family'. And the most recent goings on has reinforced this along with my history with the list. And I will not even go into to Grandfather Mountain. It is amazing how we, as human beings, react to 'arbitrary' conditions like the New Year as opposed to solstices and such. It seems that even after a time away, all I need to do is to contact this list and I get a grand welcome and in a sense an appreciated 'hug'. I have to thank you all for this. I am too alert to go to bed so I turn to the list to speak my piece. No matter how we may feel we know we can turn to this list. I do have a shot now more or less ready to present to the list: http://www.fotocommunity.com/pc/pc/mypics/583584/display/15480044 is a shot I took before 2008 expired. It is not a great shot, but does document where I was and when... Good light and working tools, César Panama City, Florida -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
