I’ve got a great batch of blogs from my fellow Times Union community bloggers, and you really should read them, this batch contains some great writing and fantastic observations. So here’s how this works. I go through all the community blogs for the past seven days. And if there’s an article that catches my attention,…
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Three weeks to the Spectrum 8 Art Show
It doesn’t seem like the time has passed. But last year, I made arrangements with the Spectrum 8 theater to present my artworks for a six-week exhibition in their movie lobby. And this week, I’ve inventoried my pictures, made sure all of them are framed and matted and mounted and ready. Ten artworks, including classics…
Read MoreWhy no tears for another collapsing church?
When the Trinity Church in Albany started to buckle and crumble, there was an outcry. “Save the church,” we shouted. “It’s part of the neighborhood. And if we can’t save the church, let’s at least save those stained glass windows that might have been forged by Louis Comfort Tiffany himself.” When St. Patrick’s Church in…
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It’s the Avengers and me … literally …
Saturday morning. I really wanted to see the new movie Avengers: Age of Ultron, but I had other plans Friday night. No problem, I figured I’d catch a Saturday matinee showing of the 2015 summer blockbuster. Background. A few years ago, I saw the first Avengers movie at Latham Circle Mall’s theater complex. Yeah, at…
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The reward for saving a robin
A couple of weeks ago, I blogged about taking pictures in Washington Park. And while I was capturing the beauty of nature in Albany’s green space, I heard the rustling of trapped bird wings – a small robin was caught in discarded fishing line and unable to free itself. I summoned a park worker to…
Read MoreDoes Ogie Oglethorpe play basketball?
This is not how I expected my basketball season to end. Last night was Game 7 of a highly-fought and tight series between the top two teams in the National Basketball League of Canada – the Halifax Rainmen, champions of the Atlantic Division; and the Windsor Express, the defending NBL champions. Even though I made…
Read MoreBest of our TU Community Blogs, April 30, 2015: Ten for Thursday
Once again, it’s time for me to take a back seat from my personal thoughts on my blog, and share with you the voices of ten of my fellow Times Union community bloggers. This is the time when I share with you their ideas, their thoughts, their concerns, their observations, their snarks and their reflections. …
Read More125-year-old Troy record broken
Troy once shared a record that survived since 1882. Today, that record was broken. See, in 1882 the Troy Haymakers, a professional baseball team that later evolved into the San Francisco Giants, played their last game of the season on the road in Worcester, Mass. The total number of fans in attendance? Six. Not six…
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A horse named “Just Vic”
Let me state right now that my original plan changed in minutes. It went from excitement to concern. I wanted to test out whether my Russian ultra-wide Krasnogorsk FT-2 camera “Raskolnikov” could handle some race action. I say that because I had a roll of Revolog Tesla 1 boutique film, with its pre-printed lightning strikes,…
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