I’m breaking my long-standing taboo of participating in wedding photography. I don’t need to deal with angry bridezillas and even angrier groomzillas. No. I don’t even want to deal with the Aunt Penelope-zilla who came all the way from Ypsilanti, Michigan to see her niece finally tie the knot, even though she thinks the groom…
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My bracket is filled out… and I know you didn’t pick my finalists…
Last night, I downloaded my bracket from NCAA.com. I looked over everything – every team, every permutation, every possible matchup. I knew that the top four seeds wouldn’t survive game after game – that there were upsets to be upsetted. For sure. But, one by one, I filled in my bracket. And I’m pretty sure…
Read MoreThe NYADP Journal: An “Iverhill” story finds a new home!
For those of you who are fans of my Iverhill fiction series – either the baseball fantasy novel The Robins of Iverhill: A Minor League Fairytale or my holiday-themed Christmas in Iverhill series, I have some good news for you. One of my Christmas in Iverhill stories from last year, “The Note,” has found a…
Read MoreBloggers Support Bloggers, and you should support Jeannine Trimboli
My friend Jeannine Trimboli – she of the “Real [Fit] Life” TU blog – is currently on a campaign to raise as much money as possible, up to and including $10,000 – for the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society. Over the next eight weeks, she will be a “Warrior for LLS” in trying to raise funds…
Read MorePaying the NiMo Bill
I’m still not used to it, and although it’s not a big deal to a lot of people, it’s still kind of a big deal to me. I live in the blessed Town and Village of Green Island. I say “blessed” because the electricity is provided by the Green Island Power Authority, an autonomous power…
Read MoreSo it really IS Monopoly money up in Canada…
After my photography excursion at Saints’ Rest Beach in New Brunswick last Monday, I drove back to the United States. But when I say “drove,” it included driving for about an hour in soaking wet socks and shoes. Now, “Smart Chuck” would have packed five changes of clothes for a three-day trip. However, “Smart Chuck”…
Read MoreIs it true that Jim Boeheim played with miners years ago? YES IT IS!!
I am not lying to you. Not one drop. It’s something that Jim Boeheim never talks about… but it’s part of his history. Long before the Syracuse University men’s basketball head coach took the Orange to numerous NCAA basketball tournaments – including one tournament win – he spent five years playing with miners. It was…
Read MoreOn a winter beach in New Brunswick, Canada… I discover Matthew 7:25.
It’s Sunday afternoon, and I’m in Saint John, New Brunswick for a National Basketball League of Canada game between the Saint John Mill Rats and the Halifax Rainmen. It was a pretty decent game – both teams are headed for the playoffs, so the starters rested and the bench players got some minutes. Prior 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 MoreI wonder if he means, either Sunoco or baked beans…
Over the weekend, I traveled to Canada for a photography assignment. In order to reach my destination, I had to travel through Maine’s State Route 9 from Bangor to Calais. 75 miles of winding road, blowing snow, freezing rain and seasonally closed souvenir stands. As I drove the route, I spotted a few signs and…
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