Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]There's always great comfort to find in that other great American 20th century poet, Joe Raposa, who died too soon back in 1989. :-) Op 18-mei-06, om 23:48 heeft Walt Johnson het volgende geschreven: > I was covering one of those virgin type things in El Paso years > back. Several thousand people on top of a mountain waiting to be > saved by the archbishop. Out of nowhere came a storm of immense > proportions. Old men and women, babies, sick and crippled folks who > were carried to the top by family and the biggest hailstones I've > ever seen. I shot all the way down, images to die for and the cold > rain and ice battered us all. At one point I threw myself over an > old lady to protect her but then jumped up to shoot some more. > Finally made it to the bottom and found my car. When I got home > neither of my F3's were loaded. Thirty years as a working > photojournalist and I shot my finest work with empty cameras? I > think that's when I became an atheist. :-P > > Walt > > Nick Roberts wrote: > >> Only time I was nearly struck by lightning was at a >> grotto dedicated to the Virgin - shows how dangerous >> religion is! ;) >> >> Nick >> >> --- Tina Manley <images@InfoAve.Net> wrote: >> >> >>> At 02:34 PM 5/18/2006, you wrote: >>> >>>> Tina: >>>> >>>> I can't agree good only comes from religion anymore >>>> >>> than all of the >>>> world's evil does. . >>>> >>>> Walt >>>> >>> Walt - I said "much of the good" but maybe I should >>> have added that I didn't include just organized religion. The >>> groups >>> I work with are a very eclectic bunch of unorganized do-gooders, >>> and, >>> even though we are sponsored by the PCUSA, we do not proselytize at >>> all and we treat anybody who shows up at the clinics - Christians, >>> Mayans, sun-worshipers, pagans - we don't know because we >>> don't ask. >>> >>> I was almost struck by lightning two years ago in >>> Guatemala. It renewed my faith! Maybe you should go stand out in >>> a field during a storm ;-) >>> >>> Tina >>> >>> Tina Manley, ASMP, NPPA >>> http://www.tinamanley.com >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Leica Users Group. >>> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for >>> more information >>> >>> >> >> >> Send instant messages to your online friends http:// >> uk.messenger.yahoo.com >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >