Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2009/05/03
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Dick, Is the LUG the proper place for Twitter? :-\ Jerry Richard Clompus wrote: > Catching up my LUG reading and came upon Ric's post. Reinforces my > belief that we're all somewhat connected. It makes you wonder about > how some of our little annoyances can fix the timing to impact someone > elses life. > > Being freshly retired from practice and corporate work, I'm looking > forward to catching up with my love of photography again. > > f8 + be there, > > Richard > > Richard Clompus, OD > > On May 3, 2009, at 11:59 AM, George Lottermoser <imagist3 at mac.com> > wrote: > >> As someone else mentioned - your posts are generally verbally sparse >> and succinct. >> My first thought: wow, what's Ric got into here. >> >> From Subject line to end ? a beautiful report on, and thoughtful >> contemplation of, >> a deceptively simple day in the life of "every man." >> >> Thank you for the gift of this beautiful never ending story. >> >> Regards, >> George Lottermoser >> george at imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com >> http://www.imagist.com/blog >> http://www.linkedin.com/in/imagist >> >> On May 2, 2009, at 11:37 PM, Ric Carter wrote: >> >>> Are any moments trivial? >>> >>> I spent what seemed a trivial day today. The mower repair was not >>> finished, so I didn?t bother with the yard. >>> >>> I piddled on the computer with PAW 17. I made trivial comments on >>> this and other lists. Did a little work on The Mason. >>> >>> Rather than heat up the house, Kitty asked me to do burgers and >>> chicken on the grill. Beth pushed me to go cell phone shopping. Our >>> contract is expiring and so is her Razr. I was not looking forward >>> to it. >>> >>> I had a couple of beers while I grilled and continued to dread the >>> trivial shopping. We ate lunch, and after piddling even more on the >>> computer, I went up lay on the bed and took more of a nap than I >>> intended. >>> >>> Kitty offered to wake me to go cell phoning. Beth gave me a >>> reprieve, saying, ?Don?t bother.? >>> >>> I awoke late, poured down a Diet Dr Pepper and offered to shop. Beth >>> got herself together, and I grabbed a couple of Ms and a bag. Off we >>> went to the Alltel store. >>> >>> We arrive to a locked door?they close earlier than we thought. >>> Another trivial waste of time. As long as we are out, let?s head >>> over to Selma and take a look around?we cruise by the Amtrak station >>> and through the little downtown. There?s nothing happening?what a >>> waste of time. >>> >>> Loop finished, we headed back out toward home. Just before our turn, >>> I notice that the trees on the edge of a cemetery pond work well >>> with those new 12mm eyes. We swerve into the cemetery for my shot. >>> Beth is curious about a bunker-like structure, and heads off to >>> investigate. >>> >>> After my shot, I grab the car, join her to see this odd, modern >>> barrow. We hop back in the car and take long circle out. Never knew >>> that old burial gound was back there. We go to look. >>> >>> I notice a running car parked behind a line of trees at the back of >>> the cemetery?assume lovers necking in a semi-private spot. >>> >>> We walk around the old ground and talk about what we see. Take a >>> trivial snap or two. >>> >>> We head back to our car. I take a better (snoopish?) look at the >>> parked car. Something bright green peeks through under and behind >>> the car. Odd. >>> >>> My curiosity is tweaked for some trivial reason. I stop to take a >>> better look. Yea, green like a garden hose. >>> >>> I move closer while Beth sits in the car texting away on the dying >>> Razr. >>> >>> The green seems to take on a coil shape and one part seems to go up >>> and toward the back end of the car. >>> >>> I go a little closer. Yep that?s what it is?I?m pretty sure. >>> >>> I go back to the car and take Be?s phone, dial 911, and tell them >>> what I think I see. >>> >>> In less than five minutes, an ambulance rolls in, sees us waving, >>> and goes to the car. They snatch the hose lose, jimmy the locked >>> door of the car, and extract a young semiconscious woman from the >>> vehicle filled with belongings. >>> >>> Shortly, we hear coughing and crying. >>> >>> We interrupted a suicide attempt. >>> >>> I counted backward through every trivial, meaningless moment of the >>> day. No mower, too long nap, closed store... Only those exact >>> accidents and non-events would have added up to being where we were, >>> when we were. We should not have been there-trivial things just >>> added up that way. >>> >>> Nothing matters, and every tiny detail matters. >>> >>> Ric Carter >>> http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/ricc/ >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> L