NOTE: the following story, which will be serialized on this blog, was originally written in 1985 as my senior project in creative writing at Hamilton College. 25 years later, it has been updated. New chapters will appear Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Previous chapters are listed with hyperlinks below. PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 – THE NEW MAN…
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Photo Essay: The Lighthouse at Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia
So here I am, up in Halifax, Nova Scotia. I’m currently operating on Atlantic Standard Time, which I believe is an hour ahead of Eastern time. I’m up here for the Premier Basketball League All-Star Classic, the PBL’s first All-Star contest. It’s the fourth minor league All-Star game I’ve covered, I was at the last…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill: Chapter 14 – The Doubleheader
NOTE: the following story, which will be serialized on this blog, was originally written in 1985 as my senior project in creative writing at Hamilton College. 25 years later, it has been updated. New chapters will appear Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Previous chapters are listed with hyperlinks below. PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 – THE NEW MAN…
Read MoreWeek 11 of the 2010 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament
As we get into the homestretch of the 2010 Elbo Room Trivia Tournament, my Street Academy team – Jeremy, Alexis and I – may not have as many qualifying points as the rest of the other seven teams in the tournament, but we are getting closer to the top with every game. We were in…
Read MoreThe Way of the Intercepting Fist
About ten years ago, I was freelancing for a Capital District monthly sports newspaper called CD Sports. It was an okay publication, they were one of the free newspapers that populated the region, along with Metroland and the Source. At the time, I had received word that a martial arts team from Albany had won…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill: Chapter 13 – The Contract
NOTE: the following story, which will be serialized on this blog, was originally written in 1985 as my senior project in creative writing at Hamilton College. 25 years later, it has been updated. New chapters will appear Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Previous chapters are listed with hyperlinks below. PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 – THE NEW MAN…
Read MoreTrivia Recap – Almost Perfect at Brown’s
To my knowledge, it’s only happened once in Albany’s team trivia history. Only once has a team answered every question right, without using any of their skips or “double-chance” option plays. That was many years ago, when Stern Fans “went perfect” at the Arc sports bar in Watervliet. In the five years I’ve played competitive…
Read MoreThe Robins of Iverhill: Chapter 12 – Release
NOTE: the following story, which will be serialized on this blog, was originally written in 1985 as my senior project in creative writing at Hamilton College. 25 years later, it has been updated. New chapters will appear Monday, Wednesday and Saturday. Previous chapters are listed with hyperlinks below. PROLOGUE CHAPTER 1 – THE NEW MAN…
Read MorePhoto Essay: Tomhannock Reservoir
One of the great things about photography is that in composing a scene, whether the image appears from careful planning or from chance, you can create the emotion you feel at that moment. Whether you’re angry or happy, scared or soulful, take your camera out and photograph something. Anything. For me, I needed some peaceful…
Read MorePhoto Essay: Tulips in Washington Park
What a beautiful Saturday. I grabbed my camera equipment and went out to photograph tulips in Washington Park. And apparently, so did a lot of other people. The blooming tulips in Washington Park drew as many shutterbugs as the bordering hyacinths drew bumblebees. I shot at least two rolls of Kodachrome film that morning, and…
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