My blog reader Dave reminded me this morning that today is a great and wonderful holiday.ย For today, May 4th, is the day we celebrate all things Star Wars-related. Why the fourth of May?ย Man, if I have to explain it … “May the force be with you,” or “May the 4th be with you…”…
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Albany Patroons win 116-107, advance to NAPB Championship!!
For all the naysayers and snowflakes and marginalizers who said that the Patroons were done, that they were out the door, that this return to professional basketball was nothing but a joke… I say to them, go kick rocks. Because last night, the Albany Patroons – with 30 points from Edwin Ubiles, including a buzzer-beating…
Read MoreTonight … for all the marbles…
Last night, I thought the Patroons would finish their business and claim the playoff series against the Ohio Bootleggers, and eventually move to the NAPB finals. Unfortunately, the Bootleggers came back and took Game 2 of the best-of-three matchup.ย The final game – the “steel cage match,” if you will – happens tonight at the…
Read MoreThe Altamont Fair Call for Entries 2018
It’s coming and it’s coming quickly. The 2018 Altamont Fair – the tri-county agricultural and cultural gathering – is approaching fast. And here’s your chance to submit your photographs and paintings for consideration in the Altamont Fair’s Fine Arts Building. The Altamont Fair will accept up to four of your photographs, paintings, drawings, watercolors and…
Read MoreAlbany Patroons take Game 1 of NAPB Playoffs, 126-109
Last night, the Albany Patroons played their first postseason game in nearly a decade, as they faced the Ohio Bootleggers at the Washington Avenue Armory.ย And with an explosive 41-point second quarter – buoyed by a 20-pout rn by point guard Stefan Bonneau and twelve hard-fought points from Jalen Robinson, the Patroons took Game 1…
Read MoreI see green! I see green!!!
Update on my gardening plan.ย As you know, I’m trying to grow some Diphylleia Grayi plants, also known colloquially as “skeleton flowers.”ย These are the plants that have white blooming petals, and the white petals are so delicate that if they’re touched with rainwater, the petals will turn clear. Oh what a photo that would…
Read More7 and 7 on Saturday, April 28, 2018
Time to wake up, rise and shine, revilee, revilee, and let’s check out our Saturday recap of some of the best blogs from bloggers I know and like.ย And I’m sure these blogs will appeal to you as well. In fact, I added a couple of new blogs and podcasts to the blogroll this week,…
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The GLF Embroidery Project: Racing Against Time
Six more rosettes. Fourteen more panels. Lots of black border embroidery. And i only have two months left. You might be following my current art project, the GLF Quality embroidery project.ย This 100-pound burlap feed sack, sold at GLF (Grange League Federation) co-ops throughout New York, has a nice looking pattern printed upon it.ย And…
Read MoreThe Return of Ruth Wallis … in a new podcast
It was approximately twenty years ago when I, as a freelance writer for the music magazine Goldmine, interviewed 1950’s chanteuse Ruth Wallis.ย Wallis had several major recordings, and was a mainstay at supper clubs, Vegas ballrooms and Australian concert halls for decades.ย Her catalog was a mixture of double-entendre songs and bawdy big band tracks.…
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The Albany Patroons are going to the playoffs!
Nearly a decade since their last appearance in the postseason – which, coincidentally, was their last appearance as an organized franchise in an organized league – the Albany Patroons have returned to the postseason. The Pats will host the Ohio Bootleggers in a best-of-three series beginning Sunday night, April 29 at 7:00 p.m.ย Game 2…
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