Msg: 3930 *Conference*

01-29-93 02:39:34

From: RUSS KENDALL

To : RICHARD HANSON

Subj: THE BOOK IS ON ITS WAY...

Rick: I finally sent your package off this morning.  I hope you like it.  Maybe
you can find some little shavers to read it with.  I have been busy finishing
my current project, a new book abut Russia.  I had to edit down from 20,000
slides. It is due in New York Tuesday morning at the latest, so this will be
HELL WEEKEND. But, I suppose, it is better than being bored.  It has been my
fulltime project for about two months (not counting the three months I lived
over there, taking notes and shooting photos).  When I am done, I am going to
drive up north of Fairbanks, about 700 miles from here(!!!) to a little Eskimo
hot springs not too many people know about and decompress for a few days.
After that, who knows.  I may leave the state.  Hell, I may go to Viet Nam.  I
have an idea for a book there.  Or maybe the high country of the Japanese Alps.
I won't be young, single AND goodlooking forever, you know....  Yikes. I need a
reality check.  It is 1:30 am.  I think I am hallucinating again.  If I do
drive out of the state, I have a lot of friends to visit in California, and
some family too.  Maybe I will drop by for tea when I sweep through.  Where is
Pleasant Hill, anyway?
   Okay, back to work for me.  the floor is COVERED with plastic pages full of
slides and I am trying to winnow it down even closer to the final cut: 70
pictures or so out of 20,000. Hmmm... I hope you are well and staying rested
and relaxed.   --Russ