Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2014/11/17
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A very nice portrait to go with a very nice warm your heart story. Barney Barney Quinn, WK3Z C: (301) 775-1386 H: (301) 654-0938 > On Nov 17, 2014, at 9:28 PM, Herbert Kanner <kanner at acm.org> wrote: > > At my age, life sometimes seems really weird. When I was a graduate > student, circa 1944, my wife and I lived in student housing consisting of > a two-room oil-heated shack. We adopted a kitten that we found on our > windowsill. Across from us lived another couple, the man a law student. We > got to know them when we accused them (jokingly) of stealing our cat, who > was spending as much time in their house as in ours. > > We eventually became close friends, staying in touch during the years, and > frequently traveling from where we were living (Washington DC, Chicago) to > their home in West Virginia and later near Indianapolis. > > Eventually, they had a child. We saw him as a little kid, but missed his > adolescence and early adulthood because of our eight-year stay in England. > > Well, the guy in the picture is the little kid, who is now an > emergency-room physician and who has two daughters in medical school. The > lady is, of course, his wife. His mother is still alive; his father died > a few years ago. He, his wife, and his mother visited us for a few days > last week. > > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1003942-2_001.jpg.html > <http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/herbk1/L1003942-2_001.jpg.html> > Herbert Kanner > kanner at acm.org > 650-326-8204 > > Question authority and the authorities will question you. > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information