Saturday, December 15, 1973. “I can’t find them, Ann, I can’t find them!” “They have to be where you last left them last,” Ann called out. “Did you check your dresser drawers?” “No, they’re not there,” replied Gordon, frantically searching throughout the bedroom. “I can’t find them. This is terrible, and I need to get…
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What’s Up in the Neighborhood, August 30, 2025
Good Saturday morning to you all. Just another fun day here, and by “fun day” I mean that it’s time to recap what’s been going on with the great bloggers and writers and photographers and thinkers on my personal blogroll. Enjoy! Oh, by the way, going forward, if any of my people on the blogroll…
Read MoreI just heard from the New York State Fair, 2025 edition
Waited on those emails all weekend. Waited, waited, waited … And then … after lots of despair … I received word. Last year, four of my photos made the walls of the Harriet May Mills Art Center; this year, I’m hoping for better results. Along with two entries in the Arts and Crafts section of…
Read MoreMy entries for the 2025 New York State Fair Photography Salon (and two entries for Arts and Crafts) are …
Okay, here we go. This is where I focus my best work from the past twelve months. The art that I feel has the greatest chance of earning silk. The film photos and the digital creations. The twenty-seven different captures that I whittled down to six images – and even then, I vacillated between several…
Read MoreMy entries for the 2025 Iowa State Fair Photography Salon are …
And with a Priority Mail box shipped to Des Moines – with four foam-boarded and professionally-printed artworks in the container – Competition Season 2025 has commenced. This will be fun. Last year, three of my four submissions to the Iowa State Fair’s photography contest made the walls of the gallery, with one photo capturing a…
Read MoreWSNY and S&H Green Stamps.
A blog reader recently contacted me about one of my old blog posts, a piece I wrote about my time in the 1980’s working for Schenectady radio station WWWD (“3WD”). Specifically – this blog post. And even though that blog was written (checks date) nearly sixteen years ago, it still gets a few visits now…
Read MoreChristmas in Iverhill: The Night it Rained in December
Sunday, December 23, 1973. The decorations covered every storefront along North Main Avenue, each bauble and bangle covered with a thin film of grimy glaze. The ornaments hanging from the tree in the center of Wilson Park flickered as a million raindrops chilled each branch and ball. Willie hiked his coat up around his neck,…
Read MoreI left the X cesspool today.
My Twitter account goes back to January 2011. And it ends today. It ends because of many things. I ended it after the results of last night’s election. I ended it because, in the past two years that Elon Musk has operated Twitter, he’s turned it into a cesspool. What was once a free outlet…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, October 26 2024
Hey everybody, gather round for some spooky stories, twisted tales of things that go bump in the night. No, I’m not talking about a 1:30 a.m. snack break and you stub your toe on the way to the fridge. I’m talking about the weekly blogroll recap. And there’s some great stuff here, so make sure…
Read MoreAn Infrared Return to Aerochrome Falls
Many years ago, I used vintage color infrared slide film (branded “Aerochrome”) for some photos in the Adirondacks. One of the best shots I pulled from that excursion was a shot of a waterfall near the Blue Ridge Parkway in North Hudson, a photo I christened Aerochrome Falls. Man. I pulled that shot NINE YEARS…
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