And a happy new year to you sir - couldn't agree more with your thoughts. I hope 2009 brings you what you need.
I spent last night sober! Well, I was working yesterday and Alma and I were invited to a shindig in a local village, so I took my video camera and got some shots of hundreds of revellers in the market square (tradition) for the news. Gets me brownie points and as it was my turn to be the taxi service, I didn't touch a drop! Quite boring actually, experiencing others' inebriation while sober. Got home about 2 and I tucked into a leftover turnkey dinner before 20 minutes of thrashing the Strat (amp off!). Anyone else into Tracy Bonham? Not working today (New Year's Day) so invited to another do, will take some stills today - that will make a pleasant change :-) Best wishes to all the PDML family for 2009. Cotty On 1/1/09, Cesar Matamoros II, discombobulated, unleashed: >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 -- Cheers, Cotty ___/\__ || (O) | People, Places, Pastiche ||=====| http://www.cottysnaps.com _____________________________ -- 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.
