Had a little surprise yesterday in my Twitter account. Usually my Twitter account (http://www.twitter.com/chuckthewriter) will draw people to the blog, or there will be some reasonably spirited discussions over this, that or the other thing. But yesterday, someone posted a Twitter message that … well … Apparently I have a new side hustle as a…
Read MoreTranquility and peace.
Yesterday, I did some peaceful photo shoots – drove to Vermont and photographed some covered bridges in Bennington County; then later in the day, I drove to a sunflower farm in |Rensselaer County and took some sunflower pictures. Great stuff. Now I shot all those wonderful images with my film cameras, so you’ll have to…
Read MoreGoal for 2022: Learn to Develop My Own Film
Okay. For years, my rule of thumb has been to take my film rolls to my pro lab of choice, McGreevy Pro Lab in downtown Albany. And for years, this has been a worthwhile endeavor. Even today, I still swear by McGreevy’s efforts. But recently, they stopped developing slide film. No more E-6. No matter,…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, August 28, 2021
Good morning, my wonderful blog readers. As you know, today is Saturday, which means I take a break from me doing the writing, and instead showcase my friends who do the writing. So let’s get started, shall we?? BLOGS FOR THE IMAGE C.S. Young, Jr. Fine Art Photography, “Camp North End.“ Marc Beebe’s “Wandering Words,”…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for August 27, 2021
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. Time Artist Song Release 7:02 PM Camouflage The Great Commandment Best of Camouflage: We Stroke the Flames 7:08 PM The Mysterious Song…
Read MoreAlbany goes nuts for another chain store. Man, we’re so deprived.
You would think that the Capital District was some sort of backwoods hick region, the way the populace gets so excited about the arrival of a chain store in the area. A few years ago, someone installed a Trader Joe’s on Wolf Road and people lost their shit. Then after that, we got a Sonic…
Read MoreWhat can you do in 4,383 days?
Hmm. In 4,383 days, you could… Own a vintage 1991 Pontiac 6000, watch the car die, replace it with a 2005 Saturn Ion, watch that car have electrical spasms, replace it with a 2006 Chevrolet Cobalt SS, drive it until the car gets destroyed on a North Carolina highway, and then continue on with a…
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New Mexico chile meets New York cheese.
While wandering through the New York State Fair’s dairy building, I happened upon a display of purchasable cheese snacks from Yancey’s Fancy, an artisan cheese manufacturer from New York’s Finger Lakes region. I’ve snacked on Yancey’s Fancy cheese curds before, mostly when I need to get a fuel-and-food break on the Northway. Well, they didn’t…
Read MoreHow to beat the “milk crate challenge.”
Apparently this is now the new viral trend. And it’s a painful one at that. Here’s how it works. A set of plastic milk crates are stacked into a pyramid. The goal is to walk up the pyramid of milk crates and walk down the pyramid of milk crates. Sounds simple, right? Yeah, no. As…
Read MoreResults from the New York State Fair, 2021 edition
I still remember the day. It was twelve years ago around this time, and I earned my first-ever ribbon in professional photography competition, an Honorable Mention for a shot called Action Under the Basket, a shot that involved my hanging the rafters above Blue Cross Arena in Rochester, just to get a “straight-down” shot of…
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