I arrived at the Teresian House Tuesday afternoon. The last time I visited Sister MaryEllen Harmon at Teresian House was a few years ago. I was working on my history project involving the Street Academy of Albany / Harriet Gibbons High School, and she was more than happy to provide anecdotes and history for me.…
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A blue star
My daughter Cassaundra called me the other day. We talked for a while, mostly about this and that and the other thing – the stuff that a father and daughter talk about when a 3,000 mile distance is bridged by a telephone call. And then she said something to me that I hoped I would…
Read MoreSummer Bowl II is coming…
And is your trivia team ready to handle the challenge? Here’s the date. Sunday, July 17, at the Recovery Sports Bar and Grille. A select number of “play-in” and “legacy” teams will attempt to win the coveted Silver Shaker, the second-most important Capital District trivia championship trophy (after Trivia Bowl, of course). So here’s how…
Read MoreSister MaryEllen Harmon, RSCJ: 1924-2011
She came to this area just as she left – quietly, without a sound. But in her time in Albany, she made an impact on the city’s public educational system. She was the rock upon which a thousand students went from despair to determination. She never gave up on them. And they never gave up…
Read MoreThe Summer of The Chance
I haven’t learned yet, have I? I’ve tried for The Chance for eight years. And The Chance keeps rejecting me. It hates me. It wishes I never heard of it. It thinks that I’m weird and desperate and pathetic. Be that as it may, I’m not taking “get lost” for an answer. Not any more.…
Read MoreSomewhere Over the Rainbow: The YouTube Romance of Dorothy and the Scarecrow
Some people can get pretty creative. And when I say “creative,” I mean that they have too much time on their hands. And with that, let me show you what I mean. The Wizard of Oz is one of the greatest movies of all time. It’s a musical, it’s a fantasy, it’s just plain magic…
Read MoreRest in peace, Clarence Clemons. Heaven needs a new horn.
The passing of Clarence Clemons last Saturday at the tender age of 69 has silenced one of rock music’s most iconic saxophonists. It was his horn that was the glue to Bruce Springsteen’s classics. You can’t imagine hearing “Rosalita” or “Jungleland” or “Hungry Heart” or “Born to Run” without that sax permeating through the entire…
Read MoreAt some point today, my daughter will call me…
And Cassaundra will wish me a happy Father’s Day. And I’ll thank her, and tell her I hope to see her later this year, maybe in October. We’ll talk about a few things, and then we go back to our respective lives. Believe me, it wasn’t always that easy. I’ve said before about how I…
Read MoreLou Gehrig and a swivel stool
I was at Crossgates Mall today – I wanted to reprint one of my artworks for Altamont, so Ritz Camera did the honors. Since it would take about 30-45 minutes for a completed print-job, I took a walk through the mall to do some “window-shopping” and kill some time. One of my “window-shopping” stops was…
Read MoreFarewell to the Kiev-19 and to the Nikkormat FTn
I don’t want to part with these cameras. They were my first 35mm shooters, and they were the cameras I used when I was involved in my Kodachrome project last year. But right now my camera collection is expanding to the breaking point. I have three 35mm shooters – my Kiev-19 Soviet “Red Special”; my…
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