Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
And here we are. Thursday night at the old Canfield Casino in Congress Park in Saratoga Springs. And three of my artworks – Vivaldi’s Pond, Backstretch and Dream Window 17: An Adirondack Reflection – are on display, along with the paintings, photographs and sculptures of three dozen other talented Capital District artists. Welcome to the…
Read MoreAnd just like that … summer is drifting away. Hard to believe, right? It seemed like summer just arrived three months ago, and now it’s fading off. Ha. But before we start raking leaves and carving pumpkins and reminiscing about the Blizzard of ’87… brrr, just thinking about that makes me chilly … Let’s review…
Read MoreThis is it. The final week. The top four teams, in terms of cumulative aggregate point totals, will receive prize money. After several weeks of being stuck in fifth place, I clawed my way up to fourth place, with a scant 29-point lead over the trivia team Nacho Punch. As for the other teams, Dan…
Read MoreLast night, I was flipping through my television channels, looking for something worthwhile that wasn’t the same old crime procedural. And once I hit WMHT, our beloved PBS affiliate, I saw a preview for a limited series called “The Contenders: 16 for ’16.” And boy did I get hooked. “The Contenders: 16 for ’16” is…
Read MoreMy original plan was to watch the Presidential debate with an open mind, to hear the candidates talk about the issues. Heck, when I saw Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump take the stage and shake hands prior to the debate, I thought things would remain civil and calm between the two. Yeah, right. That might…
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Competition Season 2016 has been, for all intents and purposes, a stone cold flop. Outside of photo-specific category contests (like the triplet goat photo We Are Not Chickens), and competitions where my photography is not the primary focus (The Cathedral of St. Philco, Dream Window 17: Friday Night Fish Fry), only one picture taken during…
Read MoreLet’s get away from the era of auto-tune and millennial yelp in popular music. Let’s go back to a time when the melody was crafted, when the vocals soared, when the music was fresh and the lyrics were incredible. And one more thing. Let’s add into the mix the fact that these songs weren’t major…
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It was early last August, and I knew something was wrong the moment the heartbeat stopped. A quick check. Nothing. I tried other options. Nothing. Not a sound. Not a beat. God, no. Please Lord, no. With all the horrible things in my life that have turned 2016 into a big mucky mess… this can’t…
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There is a new Facebook feature floating around, in which Facebook members post photos of three fictional characters to describe themselves. Aside from the fact that most of my female Facebook friends who participated in this program chose Daria as one of their fictional characters … wow, I never realized Daria was so popular… I…
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The 2016 “Members’ Show” for the PhotoCenter of the Capital District is coming soon, and I submitted four entries for this year’s event. The nice thing about the PhotoCenter’s show is that it brings some of the Capital District’s best photographers together and allows them to display their best works in one centralized location. And…
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