Writing, Photography, and the life lessons I learned from Street Academy
During my Florida vacation, I used several of my film cameras to capture various moments along the beaches. And I hope you understand, I’m trying to focus on these wonderful moments, these serene captures of time. Something to take my mind off of … You know. One of my cameras, the AGFA Chief box camera,…
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During my Florida vacation, I took some time to visit the beaches of the Palm Coast area. Yes, the temperature was hovering at 100 degrees. Yes, it was a brilliant, sunny day every time I went out to shoot. And of course, the minute you walk onto a beach while carrying any sort of camera,…
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I think that lighthouses are fascinating. And maybe it’s because I had such a wonderful experience in visiting the lighthouse in Peggy’s Cove, Nova Scotia six years ago. So when I discovered there was a lighthouse in the general area of my Florida vacation, I made arrangements to visit it. Yes, I wanted to photograph…
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Yes, it’s true. There was a time when Capital District boxing fans could see the greatest prizefighter of all times, the former Cassius Marcellus Clay, later known as Muhammad Ali. Yes, you could actually travel to the intersection of Washington and Lark Streets, and pay a few dollars to watch Ali decimate his opponents. And…
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It all happened on Interstate 95 in North Carolina. And it seems so surreal to write and talk about it now. But if I don’t get my feelings and thoughts down in a tangible fashion now… it’ll feel like a bad nightmare. Two days earlier, I was in Daytona Beach as part of my Florida…
Read MorePlease let me tell you a story today. A story about a man named Orest. I first met Orest ten years ago. At the time, I was freelancing for a minor league sports website which paid its writers on promises and not much else. At the time, Orest was the general manager of the Rochester…
Read MoreWow. I overslept. That doesn’t happen that often. But this Florida vacation has done a lot for me. I’ve had a great opportunity to re-center myself, to rediscover my balance and my directions. That, and I’ve walked around so much in the hot sun, my body looks like I’ve used beet juice for a moisturizer.…
Read MoreIt was a brilliant, cloudless, sunny day at the Meeting Place in Collarworld, the afterlife waystation for pets to wait for their reunion with their masters. And as new arrivals crossed over the Rainbow Bridge to enter Collarworld, many of the resident pets waited to act as escorts, who would bring the new pets to…
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Honestly, I don’t know why I haven’t taken a Florida vacation before now. But I’m glad I’m doing so now. Yesterday, I was at the beach, and I had an idea. I could rent a fishing pole and do some fishing off the long wooden pier… Nah. I have a better idea. Every so often,…
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So I’m on vacation for a few days, and I’m really having a great time in Florida. It’s actually my first time visiting the Sunshine State, and I decided that the best way to reach Florida was to drive there. Yes. You heard me. I drove to Florida. From New York. Down I-95. All the…
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