Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
Earlier this year, I wrote a blog post about Albany’s currency and exchange materials during the Civil War. Quick background – during the Civil War, coinage was scarce, and many merchants and tradespeople struck their own tokens for use in exchange for money. In Albany, there were several examples of these “storefronts” or “storecards” –…
Read MoreMy loyalty to the Pittsburgh Steelers is unquestioned. I don’t even participate in fantasy football leagues, because I can NOT, in my heart, ever draft a player from the Jets, the Browns, the Ravens, the Bengals, the Cowboys, the Giants, the Bills, the Packers, and certainly not from the New England Patriots. I can not…
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The snow came down in big, clumpy, freezing torrents. Christmas morning. And he was outside, with no home, no family, no gifts, no compassion, no nothing. He looked around. Christmas was everywhere … festive lights strung on house porches, loads of parked cars in front of family dwellings, the sounds of children laughing and cheering,…
Read More“Did you bring it?” “I have it here,” said Mourire, the feral cat of the Ashen Forest. On the ground, in front of Mourire, was a jeweled collar. “You don’t have to do this.” “For all you’ve done to protect me these years?” Mourire chided. “We should have given this to you long ago.” “This…
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I suppose this year, more than any other in my photographic adventures, really symbolized my ability to survive against all odds. No matter what was thrown up against me, i still found a way to get my cameras into the world and capture the beauty and awesomeness of 2017. And every year at around this…
Read MoreIs it Christmas yet? What, another 48 hours to go? Good, then I have enough time to list who’s been naughty and who’s been nice in thislist of seven community bloggers from the Times Union and seven blogs from my personal blogroll. Scuse me while I grab a couple of Christmas cookies and share today.…
Read MoreLast autumn, I took pictures of the Rexleigh Covered Bridge in Washington County. I had hoped to capture the Rexleigh with fall foliage bursting around it … but the fall foliage at Rexleigh just wasn’t being as cooperative as I wanted. Urgh. So I decided to go with Plan B. Plan B, in case you’re…
Read MoreWell, he got what he wanted. He and his Republican cohorts shoved a tax plan through that will – let’s face it – we don’t know what it will do, because it was passed almost like ramming wadding into a musket. Yet I’ve heard several people say, “Well, a family of four who make $70,000…
Read MoreI’ve found an Internet radio station that broadcasts classic American Top 40 episodes – they’ll play one from the 1970’s, then follow it up with an episode from the 1980’s. And in listening to these compilations – all hosted by radio legend Casey Kasem – you discover that there were some amazing songs out there…
Read MoreIt may have seemed sudden to you, my beloved blog readers, as to why I simply quit the TU blogfarm earlier this year. Yes, their heavy-handed response to my April Fool’s Day post – to shut down my blog and publicly vilify me in social media and on WAMC talk radio – was the final…
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