[Leica] IMG: Returning to the Library

Fri Dec 1 08:17:30 PST 2017

Thank you Aram!

> On Dec 1, 2017, at 8:15 AM, Aram <leica_r8 at hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> If we are sharing book, has anyone tried The Magic Strings of Frankie Presto 
> by Mitch Albom?  I think it is the most amazing book I have ever read.  Give 
> it a try, especially if you like music.
> 
> Aram
> 
> -----Original Message----- 
> From: CartersXRd
> Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2017 4:06 PM
> To: Leica Users Group
> Subject: Re: [Leica] IMG: Returning to the Library
> 
> one of my great joys in retirement has been a return to reading for pleasure
> 
> I've been an inveterate reader forever. But, over the past too many years, 
> I've been too busy work-reading to sit and enjoy a book. I am fixing that 
> thanks partially to my recent irresponsibility (retirement). Since it was a 
> new year, and I was in Baltimore first-visiting my first grandchild (Norah), 
> I chose a Baltimore tome. Just finished. So--
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #1 Role Models by John Waters (autographed and acquired at "A John Waters 
> Christmas" in 2014) It's an ode to those Waters finds admirable and 
> influential to his life.
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #2 Just finished Winter Goldfinch by my friend Jayne Davis Wall 
> (autographed) -- It's a Southern novel. Jayne is also a wonderful painter
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #3 A Pleasant Gale on My Lee by my friend John Morgan (autographed). It's 
> childhood reminiscence of his life on the Pamlico Sound and Outer Banks
> 
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #5 Robert Capa -- Images of War. A recent gift from a friend with a curious 
> stamp on title page: "Property of the Army Attache Paris, France"
> 
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #6 Kinky Friedman -- Armadilloes and Old Lace
> Kinky is one of the genius, Renaissance men of our day.
> 
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #7 Russian Summer by Norman Spinrad
> It was science fiction that made reading a joy for me. Spinrad is an old 
> favorite.
> 
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #8 Tom Robbins -- Skinny Legs and All
> My favorite writer on metaphysics and religion, a man of great joy!
> 
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #9 Paul Duncan — Stanley Kubrick, The Complete Films
> A nice collection of anecdotes and analysis of one of the greatest 
> filmmakers. Includes lots of behind the scenes photos from the films.
> 
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #10 Wassily Kandinsky & Franz Marc — The Blaue Reiter Almanac
> A classic of modern art from 1912. Kandinsky and Marc invited thoughtful 
> pieces on the emergence of modern artists and its ties to ancient and 
> primitive art.
> 
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #11 Leslie Charteris — The Saint in Miami
> Kitty picked it up at her Gran’s house a couple of weeks ago. The first of 
> The Saint books I’ve read. Don’t know why, similar to James Bond novels that 
> got me through high school, not to mention the ‘60s TV show I was very fond 
> of. Fun, adventure “vacation” reading.
> 
> Published in 1940, it was no surprise to find The Saint fighting a Nazi 
> fifth column operation in the USA. Clearly a piece aimed at pushing the US 
> to join the Eurpean Allies in the new war.
> 
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #12 Paul Hadley Davis — Parallel Allegory
> The Story of a Journey Across the Pristine Continent of a Lost Planet
> 
> An autographed copy of a novel by a friend. Paul is a musician and 
> (recently) retired university chemistry lecturer. May be considered scifi, 
> but perhaps better perceived as a self exploration our journey through life 
> and its lonely truth.
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #13 Mitch Albom — Tuesdays with Morrie
> Thank you, Doug Sliker, for making me get of my ass and finally read this 
> sweet, lovely book. I always respected Albom for his sports work in Detroit 
> and his presence on ESPN’s late great Sports Reporters. Learning to die 
> teaches you to live.
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #14 Randy Poe — Skydog - The Duane Allman Story
> One of the greatest guitar players of all time. It’s a story of being 
> driven.
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #15 Sam Stephenson — Gene Smith’s Sink - A Wide-Angle View
> 
> I have known and respected the author since he was in high school here when 
> I worked for The Washington Daily News. This book is a bit of a surprise to 
> me in that it is NOT (to me) a standard biography. Having not kept myself 
> properly educated, I’m not quite sure if I understand exactly the approach 
> on Sam’s observations on one of photography’s flawed giants.
> 
> As best I can figure, “A Wide-Angle View” of the title refers to observing 
> the people who orbited and intersected the life of the great documentary 
> humanitarian rather than just telling stories of what he did. Sometimes they 
> tell you directly about Gene, other times it is their own story which shines 
> a light in a corner of Gene’s world. I find it a satisfying addition, 
> especially if you know a bit about Smith in the first place. Photographers 
> and cinematographers may call it an “establishing shot.” Sam shares many 
> rich tales from Smith’s universe.
> 
> Gene Smith’s Sink strikes me as very filmic. It is rather like the 
> documentaries one can see these days in which the film-maker includes 
> himself and his education as an intrgral part of the production. It’s a 
> great tool for giving the reader a direct experience of discovery. Very 
> satisfying.
> 
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #16 Just Down the Road… in Our Own Words
> Many oral histories of communities in Gates County, my home. It was 
> collected by the Gates County Historical Society in 2009. Some fun stories, 
> but with more begatting than Genesis.
> 
> 
> Uncle Ric's Irresponsible Reading List:
> #17 Kinky Friedman — The Love Song of J. Edgar Hoover
> With Kinky, just as Lone Star Beer, too much is not enough.
> 
> 
> ric
> 
> 
> 
>> On Nov 30, 2017, at 6:09 PM, Tina Manley <tmanley at gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Thanks, Jim!  I love to read, too, and am always looking for good books. 
>> I
>> will certainly try Margaret Truman's.  Almost all of my books are digital
>> these days, though, on my Kindle.  I can adjust the size of the font and
>> the brightness of the page to match my reading ability - although that has
>> improved since cataract surgery.
>> 
>> I used to read a book a day, but I'm down to about 2 a week now.  I fall
>> asleep earlier!!
>> 
>> Tina
>> 
>> On Thu, Nov 30, 2017 at 5:19 PM, Jim Nichols <jhnichols at lighttube.net>
>> wrote:
>> 
>>> From the age of 10 until I left home for college, I was a regular 
>>> customer
>>> of our local library.  Now, in my 80s, I renewed my library card, now
>>> digitized, and returned to reading as a pastime, particularly during
>>> unfavorable weather.  Many of my choices have been mysteries, which I
>>> enjoy, and I have been particularly drawn to to those written by 
>>> President
>>> Harry Truman's daughter, Margaret.  They are set in the Washington, D.C.
>>> area, which she knew well, and, though she is reported to have used the
>>> help of another writer, the style and detail is very well done.  Here is
>>> the one I just finished reading.
>>> 
>>> http://www.gallery.leica-users.org/v/OldNick/20171130-PB307224.JPG.html
>>> 
>>> Comments and critiques welcomed and appreciated.
>>> 
>>> --
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> 
>>> 
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>> 
>> 
>> 
>> -- 
>> Tina Manley
>> www.tinamanley.com
>> tina-manley.artistwebsites.com
>> http://www.alamy.com/stock-photography/3B49552F-90A0-4D0A-A11D-2175C937AA91/Tina+Manley.html
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