I have many memories of good meals and quiet reflection at Bob & Ron’s Fish Fry on Central Avenue. Last Wednesday’s news that the restaurant was closing its Albany location kinda hit me hard. I should explain why. //embedr.flickr.com/assets/client-code.jsLike thousands of Albany residents, I grew up on their fish fry dinners. I ate at the…
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Paris
I will never understand the minds of madmen. I will never comprehend why anybody would randomly kill people or take hostages to kill them or force demands. And for what? I will never find a way to make sense of all this. Suicide bombers. Assault rifles on patrons at a concert hall. Explosions outside a…
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The Char-Mar Ceramics Christmas Tree
I saw them just as I was headed toward the movie theater at Colonie Center. One of the holiday merchants, who set up a small pop-up store along the Colonie Center concourse walkway, had a small forest of them on display. Beautiful vintage ceramic light-up Christmas trees. You’ve seen them. A big ceramic green tree,…
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The Cathedral of St. Philco
My latest crafted project brings together spirituality, patience and an old cathedral radio frame. Hope you enjoy seeing it from conception to creation.
Read MoreA prosthetic arm to make kids feel extra-special
Gizmodo recently reported on a company, Open Bionics, who is crafting something extra-special for children who, either through a birth defect or an accident, have lost a hand or an arm. And I have to say – this is absolutely incredible and amazing. Open Bionics, a leader in low-cost myoelectric prosthetic arms and limbs, has…
Read MoreThe Ripple
If you have a few moments today and you have plenty of tissues nearby… You need to watch this short film. It’s called “Ripple,” and it just caught me emotionally. So I want to share it with you, my loyal blog readers. Enjoy.
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A memory in tile
I barely remember my Grandpa Ben. My few fleeting childhood memories of my paternal grandfather involve my riding in a little baby stroller as he pushed me around the Franklin Park Zoo in Boston. Unfortunately, he passed away while I was still a toddler, so my memories of him are few and far between. Last…
Read MoreWe remember…
We remember the morning. We remember the newscasts. We remember the smoke coming out of the north tower. We remember seeing the plane crashing into the south tower. We remember two American Airlines planes. We remember two United Airlines planes. We remember a plane crashing into the Pentagon. We remember a town called Shanksville, Pennsylvania.…
Read MoreThe blessings of a little help
David Magley, an alumni of the Albany Patroons (he was on the 1983-84 Phil Jackson-coached CBA championship team), is now the commissioner of the National Basketball League of Canada. As part of his duties during the NBL’s offseason, Magley has organized several free agent tryout camps throughout North America. Free agent tryout camps are great…
Read MoreThoughts while driving to Syracuse
By the time you read this, I’ll be on the road with a precious cargo – six of my best photographic artworks – for “Drop-Off Day” at the New York State Fair. This seems to be part of an all-encompassing “drop-off-3-day-weekend” with my three entries for the Big E shipped yesterday, and my four (5)…
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