Recap. My paternal grandmother, who was about as close to a saint as a Jewish woman could ever achieve, passed away in 2008. As per tradition, the person is buried with an uncompleted gravestone; one year later, at an “unveiling,” the mourners return and the grave – with the date of death – is unveiled.…
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“If I don’t win the lottery… I hope HE doesn’t win it, either.”
And don’t lie to me. Any time the lottery goes into the gazillion-dollar stratosphere, everybody runs to their local lottery agent like they’re re-enacting the Oklahoma land claim run. “Oh, I want to play these numbers and those numbers, and give me a quick pick for the rest of the numbers, ooh I hope I…
Read MoreThe Purple Sunrise
It was December 2010. I was shooting my final rolls of Kodachrome film, and in the brutal, bitter, icy winter – a winter that was so cold, my frozen breath spelled out my curse words in cursive – I tried to capture some images. This was taken with decade-past-its-prime Kodachrome 25 film, a film that…
Read MoreYou do what you must, no matter what the cost
I had a fantastic time last night at the All Over Albany birthday party at the downtown City Beer Hall bar/restaurant. If you’ve never visited the AOA website, do it now. It’s a great resource for Capital District events and goings-on and 518 culture, and Greg Dahlmann and Mary Darcy do a tremendous amount of…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: Rest in Peace, Ernie Williams. Yes, yes, yes.
The Capital Region lost a true musical legend yesterday. Bluesman Ernie Williams passed away from a massive heart attack. He was 87 years old. You can read about his life and career at this Times Union link; at this link from Nippertown; and Danielle Sanzone’s profile of Williams in the Troy Record. And once you’re…
Read MoreE=mc♯
“Words are the canvas of an actor. His lips are his brushes, and his tongue – the colors of the spectrum. And when he speaks, he paints portraits.” -Richard Dreyfuss in The Goodbye Girl The title of today’s blog post E=mc♯ is a relationship formula, where E is positive emotion, m is compatibility and c♯…
Read MoreI want Chuck Miller, but I don’t want Chuck Miller…
That’s kind of a yin-and-yang headline, but you have to bear with me on this. One of the issues I’ve dealt with in my 48+ years on this planet is a feeling of inadequacy. Of not being good enough. Of not feeling wanted or accepted. It might have started when my father clearly explained to…
Read MoreThe Wishing Well of McLarens Beach
We’ve seen wishing wells at amusement parks and on old farms. They’re quaint – you toss a coin in the well and whatever you wish for, it might come true. Maybe it does, maybe it doesn’t. But it’s a nice diversion if you believe in such things. But in reality, what are we wishing for? …
Read MoreToll Gate Ice Cream: Thank you, Robert Zautner.
I still remember, as clear as day, during the time when I spent a few childhood years in Slingerlands, when my grandfather would take me to the post office at the intersection of Kenwood Avenue and New Scotland Road. He would pick up the family mail and postcards, and if I had been a good…
Read MoreA Gun Without a Trigger
Pull up a chair and pour yourself a beverage. We need to talk about some stuff. You’ve heard the phrases before. “Baiting.” “Pushing buttons.” “Entrapping.” It’s when someone knows that you get quickly angry about something, and they use that knowledge to tempt you into saying, or thinking, or doing, something seriously wrong. They’re the…
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