Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/06/13
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ed, You are doing a great job. I, and (I'm sure) every photographer and subscriber out here, wishes the very best for your wife and you. The wait will be cheerfully tolerated as your magazine is the best and well worth waiting for. Again, all the best to you both. Jim At 03:54 PM 6/13/00 +0000, Ed Buziak wrote: >Jacques (merci bien, mon ami), Arthur and other subscribers from the LUG, > >The next C&D is approximately 6 weeks behind schedule and will be published >mid-July due to an unforseen domestic problem... > >Some subscribers to C&D, and most folks in the photo trade this side of the >pond, know that I publish the magazine from home because of attending to my >wife who has suffered from MS for several years. Unfortunately she fell >awkwardly here in the house and broke her hip (now replaced) and shoulder, >resulting in a 6 week hospital stay. Although I was able, thankfully, to >attend to her needs completely in hospital during that time for >12-hours-a-day it left me with no time, or energy, to work on the >magazine... and I missed the end-May publication date. > >However, Trish has now been at home for two weeks and my care for her has, >of necessity, become a round-the-clock 24-hour-a-day routine including >everything from washing, dressing and feeding to toilet requirements (the >latter several times a night)... the fractures were on her left side and she >is left-handed! > >I am only just (this week) getting back to the Mac to continue working on >the latest issue of the magazine and so predict a revised publication date >of mid-July. 60% of the editorial was completed before Trish's accident but >I still have all the advertising to purchase and lay-out. Realistically it >will be impossible for me to publish all the issues for this year so there >will only be four sent out... but everyone's subscriptions will be extended >automatically. > >My apologies for any disappointment caused by making folks wait for the >magazine but I'm coping single-handedly the best I can... working from home >has many advantages, but trying to get help when one lives remotely in the >hills of Wales ain't one of them! > >Regards, > >Ed Buziak / Publisher >Camera & Darkroom magazine > >ed.buziak@camera-and-darkroom.co.uk >http://www.camera-and-darkroom.co.uk > >---------- >>From: Jacques Leonard <email@videotron.ca> >>To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us >>Subject: Re: [Leica] Camera &Darkroom >>Date: Tue, Jun 13, 2000, 3:05 am >> > >>>Did someone say Camera & Darkroom has suspended publication? That would be >>>too bad as I sent in my Subscription a few months ago, $50 I believe. What's >>>up? Arthur >> >>Yes and no... >>You are mixing the Cameras & Darkrooms. >>First, there was an american magazine called Camera & Darkroom. This one >>folded in 1996 or '97. >>Now there is a second Camera & Darkroom, published in Great Britain (no >>relation with the first one). This one is the one you subscribed to. It is >>still published don't be afraid! >> >>cheers, >> >>Jacques Leonard >>=============== >>j.leonarddesigner@videotron.ca >>web site: >>jlda-design.com >> >> >>