Eating a LOT of popcorn in October.

Yes, I am eagerly anticipating the new TRON: Ares movie, the third chapter in the TRON movie franchise. Trust me. I saw the original TRON way back when it first hit cinemas (in my case, it was at the Sangertown Square shopping center in New Hartford, just a few miles away from college). Loved every…

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Girlfriend, meet Peaches. Peaches, meet girlfriend.

Yesterday, I drove to Syracuse to pick up my artworks and photos from the New York Stater Fair. The weather wasn’t fantastic – it felt like I drove through one rainstorm and came back through another. On my way home, somewhere around Exit 33, one of my car’s TPMS sensors reported low air. Oh, that’s…

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Oscar’s Hope for the Win

Two of my most successful photography creations were a mixture of B&W and color photography, capturing two images in one take. In 2011, I packed very old Ansco Pan 70mm film and AGFA Vista color print film into a vintage 616 camera, the AGFA Chief, and created The AGFA Bridge Over Ansco Lake. Prior to…

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The Latch Hook Covered Bridge project as of September 3, 2025

Yesterday, I dropped off my previous latch hook rug, A Bicolor Sunflower, to the Big Es New England Center for the 2025 Big E. Apparently the previous category for latched hook rugs was only available for youth; now it’s available for all. And if I’m thinking about entering future latched hook rug projects at locales…

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Spider-Man’s first live-action TV run was on PBS.

Who doesn’t love Spider-Man? The legendary web-slinger with a heart of gold and a soul of angst, filled with love and loss. Let’s face it – Spider-Man’s 50+ year long comic book arc is the stuff of legend. And, of course, there were many different movie and television Spider-Man projects. A slew of wildly popular…

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