Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
I’m cold. I’m shivering. And here I am, on Route 32, between Cohoes and Waterford, with morning traffic all around me. My Nikon Df camera is on the tripod, and I’m furiously adjusting my Vivitar 19mm f/3.8 ultrawide for a crossing … and hoping that I get this chance. One chance. One chance to get…
Read MoreLate night at the laundromat. Washing the clothes. Drying the clothes. Folding the clothes. Putting the clothes in the car. And in the parking lot … Oh, I can’t miss a shot like this. Give me a really good caption for this picture. Be creative and keep it clean.
Read Moreif you haven’t yet joined the Mastodon social media platform, you should do so. Mastodon is not owned by any specific oligcarch individual, it’s part of the federated internet where local communities operate the website and its neighboring branches. I’m on it (chuckthewriter@mstdn.social), and I recommend it. And in saying that, I can tell you…
Read MoreSo two weeks ago, my original plan for getting this large latched hook rug complete ran into a tangle. I had originally purchased all the necessary colors, and enough bags of those colors, to supposedly complete this rug without complications. However … the best laid schemes of mice and men, you know … And sure…
Read MoreGood morning, my wonderful blog readers. Hope you’re having a great start to your weekend. I’ve updated the blogroll to bring back someone who just added a new blog post for the first time a while, so please welcome Heather Fazio back to the blogroll with open arms. In fact, let’s get started with the…
Read MoreIn 2007, the Royal Canadian Mint commenced a line of commemorative 50-cent pieces, each one featuring a Christmas or holiday-themed lenticular artwork. As you might know from reading my blog, a lenticular artwork features an image that, if you tilt the picture at a certain angle, the image itself will slightly move or show depth.…
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Here I am, once again, parked on the banks of the Sacandaga River. Here I am, poised and ready for one of the few times when the Saratoga, Corinth & Hudson Railroad journeys from Corinth to Hadley – and, in doing so, crosses the Sacandaga. Yeah, I know I blogged about taking photos at the…
Read MoreAfter hosting several “fill-in” trivia games for other trivia hosts, I received my first-ever regular trivia night – Tuesday evenings at Beer Bones Bar and Grille in Loudonville. Last week’s debut went very well, with seven teams competing for the big prize (a gift card from Beer Bones Bar and Grille). So this week, I…
Read MoreWho doesn’t love a dose of cheezy cinema? The kind of movies where you expect to see silhouettes of Tom Servo and Crow T Robot in the lower right corner? Yeah, those films. Well, I’ve got one for you today. Follow along with me on this. You’re probably familiar with “Reefer Madness,” a film originally…
Read MoreIt’s the 1970’s, and my parents invest in cable television. At the time, the biggest thrill cable television provided for me was the ability to watch stations like WSBK in Boston, as well as three New York stations – WNEW, WOR and WPIX. All four of these stations had some sort of children’s programming in…
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