Pick Up Your Trash-6401, a photo by chuckthewriter on Flickr. I tell you, if I hadn’t glanced over to the right while I was driving up Route 9 towards Saratoga Springs… I would have missed this sign completely. You know the drill. Got out of the car. Nikon D700 camera in the bag. Nikkor 28mm…
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The best conversations are at 1:30 am
It’s Sunday night, Monday morning.ย In less than 24 hours, my daughter Cassaundra will be on a plane, returning to Washington State. The visit meant a lot – but it went by too quickly. And it’s 1:30 in the morning, and neither of us can sleep.ย Cassaundra’s watching the second season of Once Upon a…
Read MoreWhen “The War of the Worlds” played in Albany
[nggallery id=17254]Haven’t done the ‘When It Played in Albany” feature in a while, so this is a good time to restart. I’m going back to 75 years ago, when the Mercury Theater of the Air created a dramatic rendition of H.G. Wells’ classic War of the Worlds as a radio drama.ย Over those three-quarters of…
Read MoreMy “Toy Collector Magazine” years
Last Friday, one of my Facebook friends, Wayne Youngblood (he was one of my editors for Goldmine magazine) posted a picture of an extremely rare Hot Wheels prototype car, the pink “Beach Bomb” vehicle.ย This car. I remembered that car.ย I also remembered the article I wrote about Hot Wheels cars, in conjunction with the…
Read MoreDodging bullets
It seems that every year or so, around this time, I get a call from one of my credit card companies.ย No, I didn’t authorize that charge.ย Yes, I am who I say I am.ย Yes, here’s my information.ย Thank you, I’ll wait for my new replacement credit card to arrive within 48 hours.ย Thank…
Read MoreCollarworld: The silence of Compass
The beagle arrived at Collarworld, the afterlife waystation where pets wait for the reunion with their masters, a few weeks ago.ย She said nothing upon her arrival.ย Not a bark, not a whimper, not a sound. And immediately, Butterscotch the calico cat tried her hardest to make friends with the new pet.ย But to no…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, October 24 2013: Ten for Thursday
I want you all to know that in the past few months of producing this special little blog segment, in which I feature ten fantastic blog posts by the Times Union’s crew of independent community bloggers (I hate the term “reader blogger,” it sounds demeaning, as if someone reads and then blogs), the feature has…
Read MoreMy entries for BUILT 2013
It’s one of my favorite charitable organizations, and it’s a cause that’s dear to my heart – Historic Albany Foundation’s “BUILT” charitable fundraiser.ย I believe in the program’s goals – to save and restore as many of Albany’s century-old structures before they get clobbered by the wrecking ball. And with that in mind, I decided…
Read MoreArrivederci, Chance
Let’s just cut to the chase.ย I’m not going to make this any easier or faster.ย Just rip the Band-Aid off the wound so quickly that it’ll make someone scream Kelly Clarkson’s name. The e-mail o’ doom arrived yesterday.ย As long as I don’t open that e-mail, there’s still a microscopic possibility that I’ve made…
Read MoreBye, Pop
I met Al Robinson back in 1993.ย He loved to read.ย He loved watching old war movies – I think Wake Island was his favorite – and he loved his family and he loved his association with Temple Israel.ย Those who attended the Saturday morning shul could always count on Al Robinson handing out candies…
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