[Leica] A Better 2011

[benedenia at gmail.com (Marty Deveney)]

Fantastic shot.  Very sorry to hear about you and Reba's jobs; I
admire your desire to keep working very much, and hope you both can
find something enjoyable and of course, that the panhandle book will
become real and, soon after, appear on one of my shelves.

Marty


On Sat, Jan 1, 2011 at 6:02 PM, Montie Talbert <montoid at earthlink.net> 
wrote:
> +1
> Count me in as a purchaser of the "Texas Panhandle Project"
>
> Montie
>
>
> Ted wrote:
>
>>With all my effort I wish the best whatever it maybe for you and family in
> 2011!
> ted
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bill Clough" <bill_clough at yahoo.com>
> To: "Leica Users Group" <LUG at leica-users.org>
> Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 10:33 PM
> Subject: [Leica] A Better 2011
>
>
> USA
> TEXAS
> VICTORIA
> 01 January 2011
>
> Dear LUG family--
>
> Two stories--both unfinished.
>
> In 1984 I was the feature editor for the Estes Park Trail Gazette, adjacent
> to Rocky Mountain Nation Park in Colorado. In late December, just at dusk,
> the
> snows brought the mountain sheep down from the high country. I took a
> picture
>>similar< to this one, of a female sheep with her head slightly turned
>>because
> she was trying to figure out what that reflection was she was seeing in my
> 500mm
> f8 mirror lens.
>
> She stood full frame in the falling snow. We waited to run until January 1,
> 1985 with the headline:
>
> HAPPY EWE NEAR
>
> The paper kept the best negatives. So all I can offer is one of the shots I
> managed to keep:
>
> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/Bill1941/Happy+Ewe+Near.jpg.html
>
> In the 1990s the family that owned the paper sold it to the Denver Post. 
> One
> of the first decisions the new dorkwad of a publisher made was to announce
> from
> now on the paper was to be running only color photographs. And, he said, he
> needed storage. So, he ordered five decades of black-and-white negatives
> thrown
> into the dumptster, along with all the back copies of the paper dating back
> to
> 1914.
>
> This stupid example of inhumanity was fired because of public outrage. But
> by then, of course, it was too late.
>
> The second story: Earlier this month, my wife lost her job and, on December
> 28th, the editor of the Victoria Advocate fired me. He has been on a long
> campaign to rid himself of those he inherited when he took over the paper.
> Last
> month, it was my turn.
>
> Being nearly 70, I find the options limited but refuse to believe my only
> choice is at which Walmart would I like to be a greeter.
>
> The good news--I now have time to finally, finally, start working on that
> promised book of Texas Panhandle photos. Stay tuned.
>
> I have no idea what 2011 holds. But two truths are evident: It's got to be
> better than 2010 and I am NOT going to sell the Leicas.
>
> My best wishes to all for a Happy New Year.
>
> --Bill
>
>
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