Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
I have a pair of pilot’s wings. In a long-ago time, airlines actually gave out little trinkets and toys to children during flights.ย Kids could receive little metal “junior pilot” or “junior stewardess” wings, as a souvenir of a successful flight. Today, I take these pilot’s wings from a little display shelf in my apartment,…
Read MoreDear Mr. Cook: First off, let me say that I do have an appreciation for what Apple has achieved in the last four decades.ย I’ve owned several iPods and I’ve worked on Apple IIe and Macintosh computers in my time.ย ย I even own an Apple TV box so that I can purchase my favorite TV…
Read MoreIf you know me, you know that I enjoy playing bar trivia, and have done so for many years.ย I blog about the wins and the losses, I blog about the good times and the rough times. So I was mildly surprised to see that. according to TV Guide, NBC is actually starting work on…
Read MoreYou always keep your eyes open for a photo opportunity.ย Because, in all honesty, you might not get a second chance. Background. Over the weekend, I busted out one of my old lenses, my Helios 81-H 50mm f/2 “commie” lens that integrates with my Nikon gear, and took the lens for a little photo walk…
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This year’s Vermont State Fair photos featured winners, and a pair of sold pictures… so why am I choosing to not enter the Fair’s photo competition in 2015?
Read MoreSo far, the ice bucket challenge – where people film themselves as they dump buckets of ice water over themselves, all to help raise money and awareness for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and a cure for same – has raised millions upon millions of dollars.ย Which is a good thing. Sadly, the challenge has also been…
Read MoreYesterday, I had to send several of my 16×20 foam-boarded pictures to a charity event in Massachusetts.ย Yes, the sale of my artworks will help a humane society in Boston.ย But that’s not why I’m writing this post. Artworks of this size are kinda bulky and difficult to pack; I don’t want my prized artworks…
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Last spring, I was on an early-morning photography trip through Schoharie County.ย Got a few pictures here and there, and then my tummy started rumbling.ย And when you’ve got a rumbly in your tummy, you know what that means. No, it doesn’t mean I’m going to get stuck in a hunnytree… I went instead to…
Read MoreIt’s Labor Day weekend, and I’m running around trying to take care of things that I normally can’t do during the working week.ย Drop off this, pick up that, purchase these, pay for those… And as I drove from Latham to Watervliet, I caught a glimpse of an old, abandoned car wash.ย Now the Blackbird…
Read MoreI know the neighborhood.ย Heck, my high school – Street Academy of Albany – was across the street from what’s left of this house. And when I heard that the house at 162 Clinton Avenue had collapsed, leaving only the front of the building standing … I had to capture it on my camera. I…
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Chuck The Writer 
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