Holy Crap, Summer Bowl just snuck up on me! And I already had a full day planned. … it just meant adjusting my schedule as necessary. I was scheduled to drop off my artworks and photos at the New York State Fair, which is a three-hour drive to Syracuse and a three-hour drive back. I…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, August 4, 2018
By the time you read this, I’ll be on the road, hauling six professionally printed photos and three crafted artworks to the New York State Fair for judging and possible exhibition. In other words, this is my chance to finally snap that nasty #Syracurse and get my photos back on the walls of the Harriet…
Read MoreWell, they can’t say I didn’t warn them…
So … let me recap. Last year, after the Times Union and I parted ways, they started soliciting me to get a subscription to their newspaper. You know, the “two questions on a meaningless survey and you get thirteen free Sunday issues with a hidden caveat to have your name secretly signed up for a…
Read MoreSo time travel really DOES work, doesn’t it NBC?
Follow me on this. You may need a WABAC machine or a TARDIS or an air-guitar-powered phone booth. In 2016, the prime time networks aired four different time travel programs. ABC’s Time After Time, based on the 1979 sci-fi drama that saw H.G. Wells chase Jack the Ripper through modern-day America … failed after five…
Read MoreA Perseid Reshoot
The Perseid meteor shower is happening right now. And the big peak of showers will take place in about ten days from now. Background. Over the years, I’ve tried to capture the Perseid meteor shower in all its glory. I’ve had some success, I’ve had some failure, but I keep fine-tuning my chances and hoping…
Read MoreMaybe we need a Super President…
I tell you, every time I turn on the news, it’s another embarrassment from our President and from his hand-picked cronies. Even today’s news just makes my blood boil. What’s today’s scandal, you say? Doesn’t matter… just know that there’s one. It’s as bad as you think it is … and then some. Which is…
Read MoreAmy Schumer is smarter than me!
At 2:00 yesterday, I had a lazy Sunday planned out. I would test out my new Dremel tool on some wood, maybe make myself some dinner, conk out later and call it a day. By 2:30, I was making plans to go see Amy Schumer perform in Schenectady. You heard right. Apparently Amy Schumer would…
Read MoreMy crafted entries in the 2018 New York State Fair are…
While I hope to break the “Syracurse” that has stymied my photographic entries in three of the last four years, I have found success in another avenue at the New York State Fair. In 2016, The Cathedral of St. Philco – a dollhouse made from an old tabletop radio cabinet – took third place in…
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A tour of seven Vermont covered bridges
During my recent vacation in Vermont, I was alerted to a special “covered bridge” tour near my hotel. Of the more than ninety different covered bridges throughout the Green Mountain State, seven are within a two-hour driving trip from each other. Wowie. So I blocked out two hours … and made the trip. I began…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, July 28, 2018
It’s Saturday, and that means another go-round of my blogroll to share blog posts from bloggers, podcasters and writers that I think you will totally enjoy. And if you do enjoy them, by all means comment on their works and let others know that you enjoy their thoughts. Let’s get started, shall we? Joe Geronimo’s…
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