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Subject: [Leica] A rare photo and a sad story
From: sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter)
Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 20:56:54 -0600
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On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:29 PM, Ken Carney <kcarney1 at cox.net> wrote:

> Great cat photos, beautiful light,  especially the one where he is awake.
>  We are fortunate to have an excellent independent store, and some 
> collector
> shops also.


Yeah, I can spend hours in Full Circle when I'm up there.  Eric was hoping
for a job there, but I think they have a long waiting list.  Book Merchant
was a smaller version.



>  Everything else is a big box store.  Even they have issues - if I looked,
> Borders probably filed for Chapter 11 today.  Barnes & Noble has itself for
> sale for reasons not completely clear.  I think it would be a really tough
> business now.   When the "edited" version of Huckleberry Finn came out the
> other day I thought I would reread it but couldn't find it - downloaded a
> copy from B&N for 99c for my Nook and iPad.
>
> Ken
>
>
> On 2/14/2011 8:15 AM, Sonny Carter wrote:
>
>> I went to our Book Merchant Friday and for the first time saw Sam awake.
>> He's one of the bookstore cats.  I've been going there ten years i guess,
>> maybe longer.
>>
>> The sad story is they are closing as a full service bookstore, the only
>> one
>> in our village.
>>
>> Sam and Princess will be demoted from bookstore cats to shop cats.  I hope
>> it doesn't affect their attitude.
>>
>> I hope not having this wonderful bookshop doesn't affect mine.
>>
>> Anyhow, here is a portrait of Sam awake.   http://sonc.com/look/?p=786
>>
>>
>> the usual view of Sam:
>>
>>  http://www.sonc.com/christmas_04/pages/wall_street_journal.htm
>>
>>
>
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-- 
Regards,

Sonny
http://sonc.com/look/
Natchitoches, Louisiana

USA


In reply to: Message from sonc.hegr at gmail.com (Sonny Carter) ([Leica] A rare photo and a sad story)
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