Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
A few years ago, I purchased a four-lensed 35mm toy film camera. The Nimslo was originally built so that the average photographer could capture four images simultaneously, then that film would be sent to a special lab to produce a three-dimensional “magic motion” print. Although Nimslo’s lab went away, the camera is still a fully…
Read MoreAs a Type II diabetic, I’ve hated the idea and concept of “finger sticks” – pricking my finger with a sharp point, bleeding onto a test strip, then watching as the test strip tells a meter that my blood sugar is too high. Ugh. Some time ago, my endocrine specialist introduced me to the FreeStyle…
Read MoreSunday night. Just as the sun drops below the horizon, the snowflakes fall again. Super. If those snowflakes keep falling in the morning, I’ll get some swank snowflakes for my photos. Monday morning. I look outside. There’s snow on the ground … but no snowflakes in the air. Damn it. I checked the Weather Channel…
Read MoreThe BET television network is currently airing a ten-episode drama on the history of Don Cornelius and his greatest creation, the TV show Soul Train. This program, American Soul, will take viewers on a journey through Cornelius’ involvement with the show and all the storylines inherent thereto. When I saw advertisements for this show, I…
Read MoreBack in the 1980’s, when I was a student at Hamilton College, we had one of the toughest men’s basketball teams in Division III. Unfortunately, we didn’t get a chance to show off our skills in the Division III NCAA tournament, because we were in a conference called NESCAC (New England Small College Athletic Conference),…
Read MoreGood morning, my wonderful blog readers. Hope you had a good productive week and are ready for the weekend. And the weekend doesn’t start without at least a good look at the great writings and bloggings and photos from my personal blogroll. As you know, I take s step back on Saturdays and let my…
Read MoreI love fish fry sandwiches. Whether it’s made of haddock or cusk or cod, whether it came from Bob & Ron’s (God rest its soul) or Ted’s (very tasty), I enjoy that tasty, flaky, sweet meal. I do. So when I saw that a local restaurant had a Friday fish special sandwich, I was intrigued.…
Read MoreThe closer you get to a goal, the farther the goal appears in the horizon. I get it – that’s a very paradoxical statement. But it describes my current journey of capturing snowflakes in a photograph. Case in point. Yesterday afternoon, the snows came down upon the earth. This is what I want. The minute…
Read MoreUnderstand this. I put up with Weezer’s cover of Toto’s “Africa” for as long as I possibly could. I get it, it was a faithful cover of the classic “yacht rock” hit. Today, I discovered that Weezer took their swing at another classic 1980’s hit – the a-ha new wave classic “Take On Me.” No,…
Read MoreI’ve learned through the years to accept failure. I don’t have to like it, I don’t have to celebrate it, but I do have to acknowledge it. Failure can mean anything from my photos not getting accepted into a show, to missing out on a trivia competition, to drawing four kings in poker and losing…
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