Good to hear your voice again old friend. Make some time to do things you enjoy this year. Regards, Bob S.
On Thu, Jan 1, 2009 at 2:22 AM, Cesar Matamoros II <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
