I’m still trying to get that super-perfect Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson photo. And I’ve gone through almost every possible photo scenario. Winter shots. Fall foliage shots. Creek-spanning shots. Last Friday, I took a chance on a sunset photo shoot. Follow along with me. The Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson has to travel from its starting point…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, June 3, 2023
Guess what time it is, everybody. It’s time to recap this week’s blog roll and show off what my fellow bloggers, podcasters and photographers have in store. Great stuff this week, by all means check them out. Have a great weekend, everybody!
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for June 2, 2023
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Got a couple of nice collaborations on tonight’s show – featuring Roy Orbison with k.d. lang, and Tina Turner with the British…
Read MoreThe Church That Wasn’t There
On my recent kick of photographing locations in Green Island that were used as postcards so long ago, I found a postcard of an old church that once existed in the Town and Village. Here’s the postcard. All I know is that this postcard is of the First Presbyterian Church in Green Island. I don’t…
Read More“Hey, Reading Rebels … NIGHT NIGHT!!”
Earlier this year, the Reading Rebels came to Albany and played the Albany Patroons in a hard-fought battle. Albany had a nearly insurmountable 20-point lead; but the Rebels actually clawed their way back and won the game on a last-second shot. And I remember the Reading fans who came to the Armory. They were boasting…
Read MoreA Memorial Day Sunrise: or, a Reinvention of Black Starlight
Eleven years ago, I created a photograph called Black Starlight, where I photographed the sun as it rose over the Hudson River. I shot the sun in 15-minute intervals, and ended up with this picture – and a blog post – for my troubles. The photo was okay – it didn’t win any competitions or…
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At the intersection of George and Hudson Streets, 1909-2023
I have had a tremendous amount of fun with finding old postcards from the Town and Village of Green Island, and then trying to superimpose those old images onto the way the area looks today. Last year, my shot of the old McGowan Fire Hose building – now an apartment complex – took an Honorable…
Read MoreJumping houses and Antonio Brown
There is an old “dad joke” that goes something like this. “How many animals can jump higher than a house?” Well, the answer is – “All of them, houses can’t jump.” There is another old “dad joke,” about the shock jock radio DJ who said if he received $5,000 for a charity fundraiser, he would…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, May 27 2023
Good morning, my fantastic blog readers. Good to see you again. Hope you’ve got fun Memorial Day weekend plans. And hopefully those plans include checking out the blogs and photos and ideas from the great people who populate my personal blogroll. Every Satuday I take one step back from my blog and showcase what they…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for May 26, 2023
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. We’re playing chess on the show tonight, as all the songs either reference the game of chess, or use chess as lyrics…
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Chuck The Writer 