While working on this recent latch hook rug project, I realized that I’m doing what my Grandma Betty used to do when I was a child. Let me explain. I lived with my paternal grandmother (my Grandma Betty) at her house outside Boston in summers, so that I could get away from my toxic home…
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Oscar’s Hope for the Win
Two of my most successful photography creations were a mixture of B&W and color photography, capturing two images in one take. In 2011, I packed very old Ansco Pan 70mm film and AGFA Vista color print film into a vintage 616 camera, the AGFA Chief, and created The AGFA Bridge Over Ansco Lake. Prior to…
Read MoreThe Latch Hook Covered Bridge project as of September 3, 2025
Yesterday, I dropped off my previous latch hook rug, A Bicolor Sunflower, to the Big Es New England Center for the 2025 Big E. Apparently the previous category for latched hook rugs was only available for youth; now it’s available for all. And if I’m thinking about entering future latched hook rug projects at locales…
Read MoreThe Latch Hook Covered Bridge project as of August 14, 2025
So … wait … what’s been going on with this hand-crafted rug project of mine? It’s been three months since the last posted blog update. I shall explain. First, a recap. Here’s the left panel of what will be a three-panel rug; I finished this panel earlier this spring. And the last time I posted,…
Read MoreI just heard from the New York State Fair, 2025 edition
Waited on those emails all weekend. Waited, waited, waited … And then … after lots of despair … I received word. Last year, four of my photos made the walls of the Harriet May Mills Art Center; this year, I’m hoping for better results. Along with two entries in the Arts and Crafts section of…
Read MoreI just heard from the Big E, 2025 edition
This yar, the Eastern States Exposition’s photography competition set up a new format for entries. Instead of submitting two entries in September and hoping they would get accepted, I could send multiple entries in July – and then hear from the judges in August if any (or all) (or none) were accepted for show. It…
Read MoreLiberty Mutual: “You only pay for what WE NEED.”
Background. In December 2024, I received my renewal notices from Liberty Mutual, who handled my automobile and renters insurance policies. I was very unhappy with their skyrocketing premium rates, as well as their “the dog ate your homework” excuses for jacking up those rates. So I cut them loose, and signed up with an independent…
Read MoreA little yellow postcard from Iowa, 2025 edition
And here we go. Four photos went to Iowa for the 2025 Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. I sent an infrared photo of a harness horse, I sent a shot of the sun piercing the New York City skyline, I sent a shot of a dandelion with a swirly bokeh background, and I sent a…
Read MoreMy entries for the 2025 Iowa State Fair Photography Salon are …
And with a Priority Mail box shipped to Des Moines – with four foam-boarded and professionally-printed artworks in the container – Competition Season 2025 has commenced. This will be fun. Last year, three of my four submissions to the Iowa State Fair’s photography contest made the walls of the gallery, with one photo capturing a…
Read MoreMy 40th Reunion at Hamilton College
It still feels surreal. Long-buried memories that slumbered for four decades are back. Juvenile instincts to visit this building for food or this building for class supersede my adult-age thoughts. I’m back in Clinton. Back on the campus of Hamilton College. Back for my 40th anniversary of graduation. For those not familiar, Hamilton College was…
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