Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
The snow came down in big, clumpy, freezing torrents.ย Christmas morning.ย And he was outside, with no home, no family, no gifts, no compassion, no nothing. He looked around.ย Christmas was everywhere … festive lights strung on house porches, loads of parked cars in front of family dwellings, the sounds of children laughing and cheering,…
Read MoreEvery time I think that people can’t be any stupider … nature proves me wrong. And when I find out that part of the nature involves the word “Breitbart” – well, you tell me. Yesterday, Breitbart editor Joel Pollak was interviewed by CNN’s Chris Cuomo about the Alabama senatorial campaign between Democratic nominee Doug Jones…
Read MoreEven though I don’t blog for the Times Union any more, I still have a tendency to read articles on the TU’s website, as well as read blogs by several of my community blogging friends. That being said, the Times Union has currently implemented a free article limit on their site.ย You can only read…
Read MoreThe other day, while I was vacuuming my apartment, I realized that I really need to clean out my vacuum’s dirt collection tray.ย Not only that, but the HEPA filter inside looked like it had picked up Chewbacca and a couple of Tribbles.ย Urgh. Now normally, I would schlep to Walmart or to Target or…
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I’m really hoping that everyone within the sound of my blog is able to help on this. As you know, Mack Brin Farms in Ballston Spa recently suffered a horrific fire that destroyed their main barn and cost the lives of over 100 rabbits, along with some chickens and their prized San Clemente Island sire…
Read MoreLast year, I photographed the San Clemente Island goats at Mack Brin Farms in Ballston Spa.ย Mack Brin Farms is one of a handful of farms in the United States that raises and preserves the San Clemente Island goat herd, of which barely 500 specimens exist today.ย They do an excellent job and their farm…
Read MoreWe’ve all enjoyed action-packed cars in movies and in television shows.ย Heck, The Fast and the Furious series may as well star the cars rather than the drivers. We all have our favorites – an orange ’69 Dodge Charger with welded doors and a Confederate flag on the roof; a Lincoln Futura concept car that…
Read MoreTo be an American, you must first be an immigrant.ย Your family came from another country, another culture, another world to join this union that we call the United States of America.ย Both sides of my family were immigrants. My father’s side – the “Miller” side – can be traced back to ancestors who arrived…
Read MoreEsti usona, vi devas unue esti enmigrinto. Via familio venis de alia lando, alia kulturo, alia mondo aliฤi tiu kuniฤo kiu ni nomas la Unuiฤintaj ลtatoj de Ameriko. Ambaลญ flankoj de mia familio estis enmigrintoj. Mia patro flanko – la “Miller” flanko – povas esti spurita reen al prauloj kiuj alvenis ฤe Insulo Ellis en…
Read Moreเฆเฆเฆเฆฟ เฆเฆฎเงเฆฐเฆฟเฆเฆพเฆจ เฆนเฆคเง เฆนเฆฒเง เฆเฆชเฆจเฆพเฆเง เฆชเงเฆฐเฆฅเฆฎเง เฆเฆเฆเฆฟ เฆ เฆญเฆฟเฆฌเฆพเฆธเง เฆนเฆคเง เฆนเฆฌเง. เฆคเงเฆฎเฆพเฆฐ เฆชเฆฐเฆฟเฆฌเฆพเฆฐ เฆ เฆจเงเฆฏ เฆเงเฆจ เฆฆเงเฆถ, เฆ เฆจเงเฆฏ เฆธเฆเฆธเงเฆเงเฆคเฆฟ เฆฅเงเฆเง เฆเฆธเงเฆเง, เฆ เฆจเงเฆฏ เฆเงเฆจ เฆฌเฆฟเฆถเงเฆฌเง เฆเฆ เฆเฆเฆจเฆฟเฆฏเฆผเฆจเงเฆฐ เฆฏเง เฆเฆฎเฆฐเฆพ เฆเฆฎเงเฆฐเฆฟเฆเฆพ เฆฏเงเฆเงเฆคเฆฐเฆพเฆทเงเฆเงเฆฐ เฆเฆฐ เฆเฆฒ เฆฏเงเฆเฆฆเฆพเฆจเงเฆฐ เฆเฆจเงเฆฏ. เฆเฆฎเฆพเฆฐ เฆชเฆฐเฆฟเฆฌเฆพเฆฐ เฆเฆญเฆฏเฆผ เฆชเฆเงเฆทเงเฆฐ เฆ เฆญเฆฟเฆฌเฆพเฆธเง. เฆเฆฎเฆพเฆฐ เฆฌเฆพเฆฌเฆพเฆฐ เฆฆเฆฟเฆเง – “เฆฎเฆฟเฆฒเฆพเฆฐ” เฆชเฆพเฆถ – เฆฒเฆพเฆคเงเฆญเฆฟเฆฏเฆผเฆพ เฆเฆฌเฆ เฆเฆพเฆฐเงเฆฎเฆพเฆจเฆฟ เฆ เฆ เฆจเงเฆฏเฆพเฆจเงเฆฏ เฆชเงเฆฐเงเฆฌ เฆเฆเฆฐเงเฆชเงเฆฏเฆผ เฆฆเงเฆถเฆเงเฆฒเฆฟเฆฐ เฆฅเงเฆเง เฆเฆเฆฒเฆพเฆจเงเฆเฆฟเฆ เฆฎเฆนเฆพเฆธเฆพเฆเฆฐ…
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