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...