Let’s start out with the positives. Lightning’s Girl (my 2017 Chevrolet Volt Premier) may be the best car I’ve ever owned. It’s quiet, it’s comfortable, it handles like a charm and it’s a big middle finger to the petroleum companies. But then a little light popped on in my car. The check engine light. Oh…
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Is the Italian Cheeseburger the Albany-centric food we didn’t know we had?
It seems that every city and town in New York has its own specifically tasty food, a delicacy that’s specific to the region. For example. I say Binghamton, you say chicken spiedies. I say Rochester, you say garbage plate. I say Utica, you say tomato pie. I say Syracuse, you say salt potatoes. I say…
Read MoreThe closing of Golden Past Antiques.
My Aunt Elaine has operated an antiques barn in New Hampshire for nearly five decades. It was tucked into the winding roads of Wolfeboro, in a rustic barn that doesn’t even show up properly on a GPS. Basically, you follow Route 109A until the urge to buy something unique hits you – then look to…
Read MoreThe conversion of a real-life Neighborhood of Make-Believe.
I grew up with Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood as a viable viewing television option. I enjoyed watching it – everything from the calming, relaxing tone from Fred Rogers to the daily rides on the magic Trolley to the Neighborhood of Make-Believe. Trust me. This show spoke to me on so many levels. Now the popularity of…
Read MoreThe sketch artist at Paper Mill Covered Bridge
The film just came back from the developers, or I would have posted this picture sooner. A few weeks ago, I was testing some cameras with a photo shoot at Paper Mill Bridge in Bennington, Vermont. Again, I’m trying to find that perfect “covered bridge” shot for competition. And as I captured some shots of…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, June 4 2022
Good morning everyone, I hope you’ve had a chance to look outside at the beautiful sunshiny day. I’m so glad you can join me for another Saturday blog recap. there’s some great stuff on the blogroll this week, so let’s not waste any time. Diving right in. BLOGS FOR TASTE Bill Dowd’s “Notes on Napkins,”…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for June 3, 2022
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. Time Artist Song Release 7:01 PM Flash and the Pan Hey St. Peter Flash and the Pan 7:05 PM The Fourmyula Nature…
Read MoreActivate the Beam Splitter!
I’ve dabbled with creating three-dimensional film images for years, although my efforts in this field have been rather hit-or-miss. I’ve tried three-dimensional splitter lenses on my digital cameras (the efforts weren’t worth reposting), I’ve shot with toy 3D cameras (the Trio3D, the Nimslo) but those cameras seemed flimsy and the images were lacking. So let’s…
Read MoreTulips shooting downward
So last month, I took some tulip photos at Albany’s TulipFest. And here they are. Why are you seeing them now? Well, partially because I shot with slide film, and I have to send my slide film to Kansas for development, and they just sent me back the finished product yesterday. Suffice it to say…
Read MoreTetrameter, the bear that’s trapped in a tree
I originally wrote this poem in a blog post from ten years ago, based on a bear that actually visited Albany and raised a bit of a ruckus. Hope you enjoy. One day I walked along the streetThe concrete sidewalk below my feetWhen up in a tree – just right over thereI saw him –…
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