Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
Last spring, I drove down North Pearl Street, minding my own business, when I passed the old abandoned Church of Holy Innocents. You know, the church at the corner of North Pearl and Colonie, the church that’s covered in creeping ivy and creeping ennui… I did a blog post about the building’s tenuous state… But…
Read MoreI swear, the TU blog page is growing faster than anything. Turn around, and new people are joining the blogfarm. And that’s a good thing. New voices, new ideas, new concepts. That being said, I’m pleased that there are new people joining, just as I’m pleased that there’s still the veteran community and independent TU…
Read MoreThree months ago, the trivia company Geeks Who Drink offered a solicitation in the reddit form r/albany, asking for people who might be interested in hosting games for their company. A bit of background. Geeks Who Drink hosts trivia games nationwide, and they even have a cable television show. And even though I have a…
Read MoreThe legendary psychiatrist and humanitarian Elisbeth Kübler-Ross once said, “The most beautiful people we have known are those who have known defeat, known suffering, known struggle, known loss, and have found their way out of the depths. These persons have an appreciation, a sensitivity, and an understanding of life that fills them with compassion, gentleness,…
Read MoreAmong the many realms and lands in Collarworld, the afterlife waystation for all pets who cross the Rainbow Bridge, the Ashen Forest evolved as a lonely, desolate region. Most animals avoid traveling through the Ashen Forest at all costs, lest they incur the wrath of the gang of feral cats who patrol the area. But…
Read MoreI’ve had mixed feelings agout the takeover of the old Hess stations in our area by Speedway. On the positive, many of the stations have undergone nice upgrades; and that moon crater that doubled as a parking area at my local Speedway has finally undergone a repaving. Speedway also offers a loyalty card, and depending…
Read MoreThree years ago, I acquired a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS. The car, later nicknamed “The Blackbird,” has been my prime automotive chariot ever since. I’ve already eclipsed 100,000 miles on the odometer, and I’ve maintained all the car’s necessary maintenance – oil, tires, shocks, brake pads, etc. Now, as I complete my third year of…
Read MoreThe moon is still high in the sky, a beautiful full moon in all its glory. Meanwhile, I’m scrambling to get to the Empire State Plaza. In the past, I’ve arrived at 330pm and found a line of turkey dinner drivers, all ready to drive Thanksgiving meals to needy families around the Capital District as…
Read MoreOkay, I have to make sure things are taken care of before I go out to deliver Thanksgiving dinners. Yep. You know what “take care of” means. It’s time to turn today’s blog over to showcasing my fellow Times Union community bloggers. Just because it’s Thanksgiving doesn’t mean that I forget it’s also Thursday. And…
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Some time ago, I found an article on PetaPixel about a photographer who used a landscape beach shot to create a waycool mind-trippy photo image. Ocean air salty hair A photo posted by Jati Putra Pratama (@jatiputra) on Aug 5, 2015 at 12:41am PDT //platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js That’s waycool and mind-trippy. And you know I want…
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