Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
Five years ago, I photographed various “ghost signs” – vintage advertisements that were painted on the brickface of buildings – throughout the Capital District. One such sign was on the corner of Washington Avenue and Colvin Avenue, and it was right next to the Mobil station. Okay, this was a nice find. This may have…
Read MoreToday is Eileen Kawola’s birthday. But that’s not the main reason why I’m writing today’s blog. Later next month, Eileen Kawola is going to receive a very special award. And once again, it’s another triumph for my old high school, Street Academy / Harriet Gibbons High School. Background. When I arrived at Street Academy in…
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You might think that all I do on Thursday morning is find ten blog posts by ten community bloggers, post them on this page, and then go on my merry way. Well, yeah, I do that, but that’s not all that I do. Example. Last Monday, I had the great pleasure of participating in a…
Read MoreIt’s the spring of 1983, and I’m finishing up my sophomore year at Hamilton College. The running joke at Hamilton was that if you wanted to find Chuck Miller anywhere on campus, look first at the campus radio station, then at the college computer center, and then after that if you haven’t found him, he…
Read More“Is it really my master? Has my family come for me?” Bate yipped, jumping around and wagging his tail. “That’s what I understand,” said Vincent, the tabbycat and most respected pet in Collarworld, the afterlife waystation where pets wait until they are reunited with their masters. “The hamsters came by yesterday and told me that…
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I knew they existed. I just didn’t know where to find them in this day and age. But find them I did. And I’m glad for it. Background. I’ve blogged in the past about how everybody in my family excelled in bowling. Everybody, that is, except me. But one thing I was fascinated with in…
Read MoreThere are happy songs, there are angry songs – and then there are the songs that bring your emotions to the boil. The ones that are the equivalent of a half-gallon of ice cream and a TV tuned to Investigation Discovery. On today’s K-Chuck Radio, let’s go through a few of those emotional classics. Bring…
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One of my blog readers, Dave Stewart, kindly “gifted” me his father’s Argus C3 camera. Other than giving it a new leather body, and doing some fine-tuning to the mechanisms, I haven’t had a chance to take it out for a shoot. But when I checked inside the camera… you know it. Film. And some…
Read MoreLast Saturday, I was at the Saratoga Race Course. No, I didn’t win any money. Trust me, the only thing I won that day was a nasty farmer’s tan. That being said, I was busy testing out some new film techniques along the pathway that connects the track to the paddock. I brought a few…
Read MoreMy son Kris just turned 30 today. And at this point in time, I want to wish him the happiest of birthdays and all the best in this world. 30 is a good benchmark for age; it’s a time to look back at what you’ve learned and accomplished, reflect on things, and work forward toward…
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