I was on the phone with my Aunt Elaine – the person who once ran Golden Past Antiques in New Hampshire – and I talked to her about my upcoming trip to San Antonio to photograph the solar eclipse. She mentioned to me that I actually have extended family in San Antonio. And in explaining…
Read MoreThere is no “R” in “Pickett.”
At one point in time, I dabbled in the sports card collectors market. Of course, this was back in the early 1970’s, where a deal meant that you traded a Tony Oliva, a Vida Blue and a Kurt Bevacqua to get a ’74 Topps Hank Aaron #1 card. I say that because there is a…
Read More“Chuck, we want to buy your Nissan Sentra, puppies and babies not included.”
One of the local car dealerships in the area, Destination Kia, has arguably the most annoying commercials around. Their tagline is that they’ll sell you a car, but “puppies and babies are not included.” So imagine my surprise the other day when I received this email from Destination Kia, completely at random and out of…
Read MoreA trip to the New York State Fair, 2023 edition
All right. Let’s get in the car, drive 2 1/2 hours to Syracuse, and see how my photos and latched hook rug did in this year’s competitions. Now last year, all six of my photos made the walls of the Harriet May Mills Art Center, with five of them claiming silks. This year, only four…
Read MoreA retirement party for Kodak Red
There are moments when I have to decide how long to keep a camera in my camera family. Sometimes, I’ll find a fellow photographer and gift them a camera that was gifted to me – which is why someone else now possesses my Leica M3 double-stroke. But there are times when I don’t want to…
Read MoreWhat’s Up in the Neighborhood, August 26 2023
I know this is publishing a little early in the day, but I had something personal scheduled and I didn’t want to make the personal thing wait so that I could get this blog post written, if you know what I mean. If I missed any Saturday-morning blog posts that would have been in this…
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The Nightowl Radio Show playlist for August 25, 2023
The following is a playlist for the broadcast of the Nightowl Radio Show, a one-hour college radio show on station WHCL-FM. The show can be streamed tonight at 7:00 p.m. Eastern at whcl.org. You can also listen to the Nightowl Radio Show, or any show on WHCL-FM, by telling your Amazon Echo, “Alexa, play WHCL-FM.”…
Read More60 people I remember at 60
I just turned 60 today. How the hell I made it through six decades is completely baffling. But I did it. So what does turning 60 mean? It allows me to look back at a long, long life. And to remark and remember that in those 60 years, I’ve crossed paths with so many people.…
Read MoreKook’s Tour – The last true Three Stooges short
Think about this for a moment. The Three Stooges built a career that lasted for nearly 50 years. They went from vaudeville to sidemen to their own long-running series of movie shorts. And even in the twilight of their careers, they found success in feature films – both as stars in pictures like Have Rocket,…
Read MoreThis blue-ribbon winning item is NOT what you think it is.
Last Sunday, I stopped by the Altamont Fair to get in some last-minute fair-gazing, drop off some leftover supplies at the Arts and Crafts Center donation box, purchase a few snacks, and pick up my artworks from the Fine Arts Building. During my travels, I stopped by the Blue Ribbon Culinary building and watched as…
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