So let me fill everybody in. Last night, I received my Times Union archive of blog posts from the past eight and a half years of blogging for them. I thought everything would be fine, I simply would upload my files and combine old blog posts with new. Unfortunately, the second I did this… My…
Read MoreThis is only temporary … I hope.
This is what I call my “emergency” blogging portal now. Let em explain. I had this blog portal from 2008 to 2009, before I moved to a different locale. When that local stopped working for me, I went to an independent WordPress site. Yesterday, my old blog sent me eight and a half years of…
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Coal Suede never looked so good…
Competition Season 2017 is coming. For those of you who are not familiar with my references to “Competition Season,” let me please explain. As we approach summertime, I take the photographs and images I’ve collected over the past few months, find the best ones, and submit them for competitions in various state and county fairs.…
Read MoreThank you. All of you.
I know it’s been a few days, and we’re all going through some changes of late… But in those moments, setting up this new blog portal and getting everything back to what would, for me, be a semi-normal state … I must say this to all of you. To everybody who supported me through this…
Read MoreSearching for Skeleton Flowers
Recently I caught a glimpse of a very special flower … one whose delicate white petals turn translucently clear after a rainstorm. The plant’s clinical name is Diphylleia Grayi, but it’s more colloquially known as the “Skeleton Flower.” The rare plant comes from marshy, shaded areas in China and in Japan, and they are quite…
Read MoreA Quarter Past 1886 O’Clock
A while back, I got my mitts on an old 1880’s-era stereocard – the kind you put in a special holder and, when you look through it, you can see what looks like real life stereoscopic images. In you don’t have a stereoviewer, you could simply relax your eyes until the two stereo pairs blend…
Read MoreSo why should I read Chuck the Writer?
I suppose this is a question you’ll need to ask yourself … but just know that by the fact that you’re reading this post, it’s a good sign that you kinda care about what’s going on with this blog. As a photographer, I try to capture images that convey a different way of viewing the…
Read MoreChuck the Writer and the new portal
So it’s time to enter a new chapter of my life. First of all … welcome. Nice to meet you. Pull up a chair. Who am I? My name is Chuck Miller, I’m a writer and photographer and blogger from Albany, New York. My blogs have been a mixture of my life’s overview, my time…
Read MoreKellyanne Conway named UAlbany graduation commencement speaker
Kellyanne Conway, the pollster who organized the election campaign of President Donald Trump, has been named by the University at Albany to be its keynote commencement speaker for the university’s 2017 graduation ceremonies. “We are so thrilled to have Ms. Conway speak to our graduates this year,” said UAlbany director of Communications and Development Connie…
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The results of Big Brothers Big Sisters Big Brains Trivia 2017
So it’s Thursday night, and I’m at Recovery Room in Guilderland, waiting to participate in the Big Brothers Big Sisters of the Capital Region “Big Brains” trivia fundraiser. There’s already a buffet dinner (with tasty Recovery Room eats), and I’ve run into a couple of my Facebook friends who are playing on other squads. I’m…
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