Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
6:00 a.m. Saturday morning. I’ve already loaded my car with four cameras, the tank is full of gasoline, and I’ve been studying Google Earth to the level of treasure-hunting. Well, technically, I am hunting for treasure. I want to photograph a train today. Not just any train, mind you. There is a heritage railroad in…
Read MoreGood morning, wonderful blog readers. It’s Saturday, and as you know, this is where I step aside and showcase the great blogs that live on my personal blogroll. As you know, we do an interview with a member of the blogroll each week. And this week’s interview is with Carl Johnson, who operates the Albany-based…
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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 7:02 PM Frank Zappa Valley Girl Ship Arriving Too Late to Save a Drowning Witch 7:06 PM The…
Read MoreI’m telling you, scammers must either think I’m dumber than a bag of wet mice, or that someone in the quality control department at Scam Central must have been on a bathroom break when they sent out this latest blast. This came to me via a text message. Now, my BlackBerry KEYone is smart enough…
Read MoreHere’s the deal. I am extremely scrupulous when it comes to any photos on my blog. They were either taken by me, or … well, there is no “or.” I made a mistake about eight years ago when I used someone’s flickr photo, thinking it was available through Creative Commons, the photographer contacted me, I…
Read MoreIt’s no secret to my blog readers that the Jericho Drive-In in Glenmont was one of the few places of relief during this COVID-19 pandemic. I saw several films there, and the owners were gracious enough to let me photograph a custom signage on their marquee last year, a photo of which I’m entering in…
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A quick scan of Google Maps. Maybe this spot will work for the photo. Change to satellite imagery. There’s trees on one side, if I frame the shot with the trees, it will work. A quick check of the PhotoPills app on my cell phone. Angle of the sun. Time of sunset. If this lines…
Read MoreIt’s 1968, and kids like me are plopped in front of our TV sets, chomping on our Saturday morning Frosted Flakes and grooving to The Banana Splits, a children’s TV series with plenty of comedy and adventure. But I’m not writing about the Banana Splits today. I’m writing about one of the show’s many programs…
Read MoreIt took a very, very long time for me to appreciate Chinese food. At least to the point where I can go into a Chinese restaurant and order something without worry. That initial distrust of Chinese food came thanks to my stepfather. I shall explain. At one point in time, mostly between 1971 and 1973,…
Read MoreSo this “interviewing the bloggers” feature that’s now part of my Saturday recap has been going quite well, if I’m being totally honest. I’m having a great time interviewing my fellow bloggers on the blogroll, and some of them have even acknowledged the interviews on their own personal blogs (thanks, Roger Green and Liette Hebert).…
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