Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2007/01/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Hi Larry, I would love a copy of your book. My daughter teaches sometimes in the Ocean Sciences department and will probably know your neighbour. All the best, Frank On 22 Jan, 2007, at 20:07, Lawrence Zeitlin wrote: > North Wales is one of the loveliest and most laid back parts of the > UK. I was there as a Visiting Professor at the Univ. of Wales - > Bangor. The head of the Ocean Science school, John Simpson, was my > next door neighbor. We lived on Mywent Menai, a one block long road > next to the cemetery. Very quiet. Of course you are right about the > roads. My mind slipped a gear. But I could never drive to > Manchester in 1.5 hours in my 1980 SEAT. The engine was only the > size of the one in my lawnmower. > > At the time I was into video photography and carried a camcorder > instead of a Leica. The problem with video is that no one will sit > through a 2 hour presentation on You Tube and that precious few > guests will do so in the comfort of your living room even if you > ply them with drinks. > > I did incorporate the experiences of a naive midwesterner to the > complexities of living in Wales in a short book, "The Grass is > always Grayer Next to the Slate Mine: 45 Letters from Wales" which > was published in installments in our local newspaper. It received > wide acclaim, mostly from my children. I would be happy to send a > PDF file to anyone who wants one. Pictures too. > > Larry Z