Yesterday, the Instacart worker who was shopping for my food contacted me. My online shopping list included a pound of 80% ground beef. And the store had none. Not in a one-pound pack – but they did have a pack of five pounds of ground beef. Did I want that? And I had to think…
Read MoreSo there’s supposed to be an April Fool’s Day post here…
I had an April Fool’s Day post scheduled for today. I really did. I worked on it for weeks. And to be honest, it was a masterpiece. Yesterday … I shelved it. Maybe I’ll re-run it in 2021, maybe I’ll delete it from my incomplete blog pile. COVID-19 has claimed another bastion of normalcy. Background. …
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The Hits of Apryll Aileen
I knew Apryll Aileen from way back in the day. During the years when I worked with the Premier Basketball League, and later with the National Basketball League of Canada, Apryll was an employee with the Saint John (N.B.) Mill Rats. She worked very hard for the team, and always had a big smile for…
Read MoreColumbia outerwear si, Hobby Lobby no
When this world gets back to normal … I’m going to resume my art and craft and hobby excursions. I need to. And when I want my artwork framed, I’ll go to Arlene’s Art Supplies on Fuller Road. Or I’ll use JoAnn Fabric at the old Northway Mall. Or I’ll frequent one of the two…
Read MoreWell, at least there’s trivia…
Thanks to COVID-19, so many things are out of my life for the moment. But surprisingly, there’s one thing that has returned. Competitive team trivia. I shall explain. Kevin Baker and the Trivia Nights Live team have put together an online version of their popular trivia game, and teams from all over America can play…
Read MoreAnd off go my entries to the 2020 3D Photography Competition…
Deadline came up quickly. But between all my various setbacks this year, I’m still harboring a desire to compete in Competition Season 2020, no matter what or where that “competition season” might entail. And right off the bat, I’ve finally decided on my entries for the 2020 International 3D Stereo Photo Contest in Vienna, Austria. …
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, March 28, 2020
The tough part of trying to remain positive in this time of COVID-19 is to keep smiling when everything else is falling down. So hopefully with today’s roundup of blog posts and photos from the great people on my blogroll today, we can keep our spirits up together. Personally, I’m still self-insulating in an effort…
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More Macro Motions
I’m cooped up in the house and I’m trying to remain sane. And in an effort to keep my sanity during this COVID-19 pandemic, I’ve tried to focus – literally and figuratively – on macro photography. I’ve got the Nikon Df on the PB-4 bellows, which works wonderfully – and after I tried several different…
Read MoreAn empty glass full of water
There is the old Zen koan about a drinking glass that contains half of its internal volume in water. Is the glass half-empty? Is it half-full? Sometimes, there are days when that glass could be filled to overflowing, and I’d still swear it was empty. And this is something that, even at 56 years of…
Read MoreK-Chuck Radio: The Evolution of Manu Dibango and Soul Makossa
Manu Dibango passed away yesterday from complications from COVID-19. He was 86. He lived a long life and he was a beloved musician. And he will always be known for one of the funkiest world hits of the 1970’s, “Soul Makossa.” Dibango originally recorded the song as a tribute to the success of his native…
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