Every so often, I get this urge to downsize my life. Which, for some odd reason, is why I drove to my college alma mater, Hamilton College, last night. Background. In 1985, after four years of study and struggle, of challenges and character, I received my college diploma from Hamilton’s president at the time, J.…
Read MoreJohn 11:35. “Jesus wept.”
This morning, I went over to St. Patrick’s Church – or what’s left of it. I got there just in time to see the big claw crane tear the corners off the bell tower. I shot it with my little Nikon Coolpix, as well as with some black and white film that will be processed…
Read MoreTime Warner Cable does a nice … I guess.
I suppose it’s a fait accompli to gripe and kvetch about Time Warner Cable. The rates go up almost every other month. You can set your sundial to the time when they’ll show up for an installation. And they rival the post office in trying to upsell you on their various packages and offerings. Well,…
Read More“A Dream in the Dash” – the downloadable catalog!
Friday’s the day. I haven’t been this nervous in years. This is now an opportunity for my work to be seen on its own – not as part of a multi-person gallery show or in a competition, but as its own distinct entity. “A Dream in the Dash.” My very first art show. Debuting at…
Read MoreHow Wendy Carlos inspired my work
All the pictures are hung. All the artworks are labeled. Friday’s coming. Opening night for “A Dream in the Dash,” the St. Agnes Cemetery Art Gallery opening that will feature a solo showing of my photos and Dream Windows. And I was asked by Kelly Grimaldi, the Historian at St. Agnes Cemetery, if I had…
Read MoreShamrock Tobacco: A cure for artistic insomnia
3:00 a.m. Tuesday morning. I’ve got a headache and I can’t sleep. May as well get out of bed and do something. I’ve had a few ideas for some art projects, but I couldn’t put anything together that would make a cohesive sensible final product. Most of these ideas involved a ghost sign I photographed…
Read MoreThe crêpe paper poppies
Yesterday I had to run several morning errands, and one of them involved stopping at the Walmart in Latham. As I parked my car and walked toward the entrance to the store, I saw an elderly man at the Walmart entranceway; he was a veteran from the Zaloga Post and was selling Memorial Day crêpe…
Read MoreCollarworld: Jackson and the Beach
Mother’s Day was a special time in Collarworld, the afterlife waystation for pets who wait for the blessed reunion with their human masters. For on Mother’s Day, the pets remembered not only those who gave birth to them and nurtured them, but also the caring masters who took care of them and protected them from…
Read More“Comedy for a Cause” on May 30 at the Comedy Works
They are advocates for those who are too young to have advocates. They are the members of the Albany County Department for Children, Youth and Families, and their duty is to protect children and families. They help find programs for children with special needs or who have mental health concerns; they operate programs to engage…
Read MoreTetrameter and the Bell Tower
One bright Friday morning, as I happened to meet Some friends of mine in downtown Watervliet I asked, “Has St. Patrick’s bell tower come down? “It must be the talk of all over the town.” “Not yet,” said my friend, “But it will come down soon “It has to, or else there will be no…
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