What’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 9 2021

Good morning, wonderful blog readers. My plan today is to take in some fall foliage in Vermont, and photograph a covered bridge or six along the way. Of course, for these I’ll be using my film gear, so with the mail being slightly delayed, expect these shots say oh around Christmastime if I’m lucky. 😀…

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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for October 8, 2021

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. This weeks episode is a “covers” episode, where all the songs are covers of popular songs, many of whom are performed by…

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Gonna get me a lucky coin, eh?

I know I sound like a broken record, but I’m really, really hoping we get the Canadian Pacific Holiday Train to travel through New York this year. CP is supposed to announce the train schedule (or COVID-restricted concert) today on their website. Yeah, I’m hitting that <F5> button on that web browser like I’ve swallowed…

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Happy Ken Screven Day today!!

It started out as a good-natured joke comment between two bowlers, but it has today morphed into a one-day celebration of one of the most iconic local television news reporters. I shall explain. For many decades, Ken Screven was a top reporter for WRGB, Channel 6 in the area. He would cover national and local…

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I got 96 rolls of toilet paper? Holy crap!

So here’s what happened. As the pandemic began last year, I realized that people were searching high and low for bathroom tissue. Toilet paper. Butt-wipe. Whatever you call it in your home. Now here’s the thing. There’s two different types of toilet paper – there’s the soft, squeezable stuff you can buy in the grocery…

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The judges’ decisions from the 2021 Big E Photography Salon

So my Big E photos (and their subsequent ribbons) should be on their way back to me any day now. But with that in mind, the Big E was also kind enough to email me the judges’ results for my two photos, Strasburg Number 90 and Five Tickets To Ride Day and Night. Now, mind…

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Feeding the Nation and the Snowflake Ride

My batch of Fuji Velvia 100 film – the shots I took last August at the New York State Fair – have come back, and man are they swank. Case in point. Early in the day, while many fairgoers were enjoying the carnival rides, I had a pack of Fuji Velvia 100 crammed into my…

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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 2, 2021

Before we start today’s Saturday blog recap, please allow me to share some good news from one of the blogroll residents. J. Eric Smith and his family just celebrated the wedding of family member Katelin to her long-time partner John. Congratulations, and if you want to read all the wonderful details, they’re right here in…

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