There is the old Zen koan about a drinking glass that contains half of its internal volume in water. Is the glass half-empty? Is it half-full? Sometimes, there are days when that glass could be filled to overflowing, and I’d still swear it was empty. And this is something that, even at 56 years of…
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K-Chuck Radio: The Evolution of Manu Dibango and Soul Makossa
Manu Dibango passed away yesterday from complications from COVID-19. He was 86. He lived a long life and he was a beloved musician. And he will always be known for one of the funkiest world hits of the 1970’s, “Soul Makossa.” Dibango originally recorded the song as a tribute to the success of his native…
Read MoreThe return of Dark Side of the Ring is tonight … can’t wait …
I am a long-time fan of professional wrestling. Even back in the days before Wrestlemanias, back when matches were taped at the old Agricultural Building in Allentown, Pa. and syndicated throughout the Northeast on the old WWWF circuit. So the return of the documentary series Dark Side of the Ring has me totally stoked. Dark…
Read MoreSo I drove … and now I can’t.
On Saturday morning, I got out of my house … I walked down the porch steps … and I sat behind the steering wheel of my car. For the first time in three months. And I drove. No, I didn’t do a grand trip to the Boreas Ponds with five cameras and a back pack…
Read MoreOne America News Network – Celebrate the Followers of OnANism
So, the other day during one of Donald Trump’s press conferences on COVID-19, Trump continually referred to the disease as the “Chinese Virus,” which is a pejorative to suggest that Chinese people created the virus and Chinese people sent it over here. Which of course is utter bullshit, the virus came from bats. Bats do…
Read MoreBachelor Cooking: Grape Nuts Ice Cream
This is a popular New England comfort food. And when I was recovering from recent ankle surgery, I asked my Facebook friends if anyone could bring me some ice cream and a box of Grape Nuts cereal. Sure enough, someone came through. And if you’re feeling that urge for a crunchy-yet-sweet snack, then I recommend…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, March 21 2020
Here we are again, together on a Saturday morning. If there’s anything we can do to get our minds and souls past the current COVID-19 crisis, maybe it’s just to read each other’s blogs and check out each other’s posts and photos and observations. If we can do this, perhaps we can get a little…
Read MoreA sharper focus with a set of bellows
I’m currently working on sharpening my skills with macro photography. I’ve invested in high-power macro lenses, I’ve bought a macro focusing rail to move the camera into sharp, tight focus, and I’ve improved my focus stacking capabilities. But I have a feeling that the one new item I’ve acquired may help me really claim a…
Read MoreThank you for helping others
This won’t be a very long blog post. But it is an important one. Yesterday, I offered five of my artworks to you, my wonderful blog readers, with the proviso that you could receive an artwork if you donated $50 or more to your local food bank or pantry. Food banks and pantries are under…
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Donate to your food bank, get a Chuck Miller artwork! Help us get through COVID-19!!
These are the times that try our souls. With the COVID-19 pandemic raging throughout the world, families are working from home, students are tele-learning from home, and those who live paycheck to paycheck are discovering their paycheck isn’t going as far as it once did. They’re relying on food banks and other charitable organizations to…
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