Do you want to be a “target driver” this year?

As long-time readers of my blog will verify, I participate every year in a personal Thanksgiving holiday tradition.   On Thanksgiving morning, I’m at the Empire State Plaza with hundreds of other volunteer drivers, and we deliver Thanksgiving turkey dinners to needy families throughout the Capital District as part of the Equinox Thanksgiving Dinner tradition. It’s…

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The Results of BUILT 2017…

Am I ready?  You bet your sweet life I’m ready. I’ve been ready since last year, when … well … Let me explain. In 2016, my three entries for the 2016 edition of BUILT – Albany Architecture Through Artists’ Eyes – achieved successful bids and attention at the yearly charity fundraising auction for Historic Albany…

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It’s official… it’s not just a river in Brazil.

The other day, while I was vacuuming my apartment, I realized that I really need to clean out my vacuum’s dirt collection tray.  Not only that, but the HEPA filter inside looked like it had picked up Chewbacca and a couple of Tribbles.  Urgh. Now normally, I would schlep to Walmart or to Target or…

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Leica Green … black and white … or both?

I should be so thankful that I have problems like this. Let me explain. During my Washington State vacation, I visited Mt. Rainier National Park and took plenty of pictures, both with my Nikon Df camera, my BlackBerry PRIV camera phone, and three film cameras – my Krasnogorsk ФT-2 (“Raskolnikov”), my AGFA Clack 120 shooter,…

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K-Chuck Radio: Until we get power again…

Rise and shine, Chuck.  Up and at ’em.  Look at my clock and … I can’t see my clock. Oh no.  It finally happened.  The diabetes has captured my eyesight. No… wait a second … My eyes didn’t lose power… The Town and Village lost power.  No electricity from the storm. So until the power…

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