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Let’s say, for example, that right now you’re looking at the new vote by the Boy Scouts of America that allows Scouting to all boys, regardless of sexual preference.   And you’re not happy. You’re feeling that the recent vote goes against everything you believed in as a Scout.  You feel betrayed.  You feel like your…

This morning, I went over to St. Patrick’s Church – or what’s left of it. I got there just in time to see the big claw crane tear the corners off the bell tower. I shot it with my little Nikon Coolpix, as well as with some black and white film that will be processed…

Yesterday I had to run several morning errands, and one of them involved stopping at the Walmart in Latham.  As I parked my car and walked toward the entrance to the store, I saw an elderly man at the Walmart entranceway; he was a veteran from the Zaloga Post and was selling Memorial Day crêpe…

A couple of years ago, after news of a Saratoga Springs high school student’s yearbook photo was altered to give her unflattering yellow teeth, I wrote a blog post about how I was rooked out of being in a yearbook group photo for my college radio station.  Although the blog post did receive some decent…

I can’t believe how old I feel. It’s almost as if my memories are filling in areas of my subconscious with images of the past. And even if I look at some locale for a while, I’m still struck by the fact that what is currently at that location is not the building or business…

I’ve mentioned before that my youth involved moving around from one house to another, from one family member to another.  I’ve come to grips with what happened in my life, accepting the few good moments and dealing with the tougher times as teaching moments. When you move around so many times, it’s hard to establish…