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…
Read MoreCan COVID-19 bring bipartisanship?
Liz Joy and I have known each other for a very long time, back when we were both bloggers for the Times Union. She’s currently running for the Congressional seat currently held by Paul Tonko, and although her policies and my policies are different, I wish her the best of luck in her campaign. On…
Read MoreThe COVID-19 finally hit home. Ugh.
So I was set for three back-to-back-to-back contests with the Albany Patroons this weekend at the Washington Avenue Armory. Then I received an e-mail yesterday afternoon. And my weekend plans just got mangled. Because of the increased coronavirus COVID-19 pandemic, various organizations – colleges, sports leagues, even parades – have been forced to shut down…
Read MoreUpdates on the Best Cleaners project
In a previous blog post, I mentioned how I was not able to take my clothing to the laundromat – broken ankle precludes me from driving to the wash ‘n fold. So instead, I signed up for Best Cleaners’ laundry service. Here’s how it worked for me. The laundry company dropped off a big green…
Read MoreHow to communicate with your Uber driver
I’m still on the mend from my ankle injury, so although I can actually have gig services take care of my laundry and my groceries, I still need to use a ride share to get from one place to the next. Yesterday, I had a unique experience while ride sharing. And by “unique,” I mean…
Read MoreMy adventures with Price Chopper’s grocery delivery service
While I’m still on the mend from my broken ankle, I’ve tried to operate in a more self-sufficient manner. Since I can’t use a laundromat, I’ve signed up with Best Cleaners, a laundry pick-up-and-drop-off service, to take care of my dirty clothes. Since I can’t drive, I’ve learned to Uber here and there – at…
Read MoreA laundry service and the 40-day challenge
I’m still on the mend from a broken ankle and the subsequent surgery. In that time, I’ve developed various survival skills and the like. Delivery services for food, for example. But one thing I haven’t been able to work around has been laundry. When I moved to the Town and Village in 2010, my apartment…
Read MoreProgress report on the broken ankle
Tuesday morning. I already had an overflow of emotions – hope for progress on my surgically repaired broken right ankle; worry that some minute thing I did in the past five weeks might have derailed all the progress; and weariness because I asked for an 8am appointment. Driving’s still out of the question, so I…
Read MoreWho’s got a good recipe for homemade chicken soup?
That’s one nickname for it, the Technicolor yawn. Another name is to pray to the holy god of porcelain. If you do it in Disney World, they call it a rainbow or a protein spill. But for a couple of days last week … I had a seriously upset stomach. I could not hold ANYTHING…
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