Boating down the Hudson, 1938
For those of us who never got to experience the glory days of the Hudson River Day Line (or the...
Birthday
Some people keep asking what I want for my birthday. This seems like the easiest place to sort it out....
Albany Time
(This article originally appeared at All Over Albany) The first Dudley Observatory, in north Albany. In our global civilization, we’re...
Hannah sez
As I randomly and inexplicably segue from singing a Beatles song that I don’t particularly like to “Can Do” from...
Hot and blurry
Summer has just been a hot blur of one thing after another, and not enough of most of them. No...
Caskets and couches
Things that you don’t see anymore: a combined undertaker and furniture dealer. Well, of course, making cabinets and making caskets...
Getting to the Collar City
Circumstances — a combination of wife’s employment and elder daughter’s education — are leading us to spend a significant amount...
Demolition of the original Dunn Memorial Bridge
A friend asked me if I could figure out exactly when the original Dunn Memorial Bridge (dedicated August 19, 1933,...
Cycling ups and downs
The weather has been unrelentingly excellent this summer – admittedly too hot a lot of the time, but without the...