Today is Thursday. And in a hot summer Thursday, there’s something very important to maintain. And that is, of course, showcasing my fellow Times Union community and independent bloggers, who do so much to bring you fantastic content and information. So let’s take a look around the blogfarm and see what’s happening, shall we? Lale…
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The Fishermen
During my Florida vacation, I used several of my film cameras to capture various moments along the beaches. And I hope you understand, I’m trying to focus on these wonderful moments, these serene captures of time. Something to take my mind off of … You know. One of my cameras, the AGFA Chief box camera,…
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The Pier at St. Augustine Beach
During my Florida vacation, I took some time to visit the beaches of the Palm Coast area. Yes, the temperature was hovering at 100 degrees. Yes, it was a brilliant, sunny day every time I went out to shoot. And of course, the minute you walk onto a beach while carrying any sort of camera,…
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203 stairsteps to the top…
I think that lighthouses are fascinating. And maybe it’s because I had such a wonderful experience in visiting the lighthouse in Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia six years ago. So when I discovered there was a lighthouse in the general area of my Florida vacation, I made arrangements to visit it. Yes, I wanted to photograph…
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When Muhammad Ali fought at the Washington Avenue Armory
Yes, it’s true. There was a time when Capital District boxing fans could see the greatest prizefighter of all times, the former Cassius Marcellus Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali. Yes, you could actually travel to the intersection of Washington and Lark Streets, and pay a few dollars to watch Ali decimate his opponents. And…
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The Blackbird: 2006-2016
It all happened on Interstate 95 in North Carolina. And it seems so surreal to write and talk about it now. But if I don’t get my feelings and thoughts down in a tangible fashion now… it’ll feel like a bad nightmare. Two days earlier, I was in Daytona Beach as part of my Florida…
Read MoreOrest Hrynwak: An elegy for Captain Cash
Please let me tell you a story today. A story about a man named Orest. I first met Orest ten years ago. At the time, I was freelancing for a minor league sports website which paid its writers on promises and not much else. At the time, Orest was the general manager of the Rochester…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, June 2, 2016: Ten for Thursday
Wow. I overslept. That doesn’t happen that often. But this Florida vacation has done a lot for me. I’ve had a great opportunity to re-center myself, to rediscover my balance and my directions. That, and I’ve walked around so much in the hot sun, my body looks like I’ve used beet juice for a moisturizer.…
Read MoreCollarworld: The Escorts of Calmness
It was a brilliant, cloudless, sunny day at the Meeting Place in Collarworld, the afterlife waystation for pets to wait for their reunion with their masters. And as new arrivals crossed over the Rainbow Bridge to enter Collarworld, many of the resident pets waited to act as escorts, who would bring the new pets to…
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When I say “watch the birdie,” I mean it
Honestly, I don’t know why I haven’t taken a Florida vacation before now. But I’m glad I’m doing so now. Yesterday, I was at the beach, and I had an idea. I could rent a fishing pole and do some fishing off the long wooden pier… Nah. I have a better idea. Every so often,…
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