Like a freight train getting rusty when sitting on a side track for too long, I creak back into gear…April 20, 2021… (finally hitting PUBLISH on this in September of ’21…sorry for the delay– and I will be adding graphics & pix to this and other new stories as I go)… When last I...
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REQUIEM FOR THE HAND-SHAKE…
A Temporary or Permanent Sign of The Times?
REQUIEM FOR THE HAND-SHAKE… I’ve been in sales –of solar products, custom additions, new construction, & mostly, Real Estate– for over 35 years as I write this, and shaking hands– at the end of each appointment, each meeting, each agreement, each contract, each personal contact, each attempted deal, and of course Every Real...
Why ‘EQX Became My BFF This Past Year…
Tribute To the Radio Station that Sustained me
Me & My Radio, 2019 Version– Some of us spend a lot of time alone in the car; some for different reasons spend a lot of time alone at home, wherever that might be. Some do both, for long doses, and there are ways in our electronic world to not feel lonely when alone,...
8 Categories for Wayne’s Wednesday– (apologies to T. Ferris)
Looking back on my personal cultural highlights this past summer...
Waynesword2 Wednesday Blog: In the Manner of Timothy Ferris, except he pumps it out every Friday to 10 million followers… September recap of Summer, behind us: What I’m Listening To— This Lives Here, by Troy-born guitarist George Muscatello & Israeli-born singer/vocalist Shiri Zorn— after they gifted me this recent locally-produced CD,...
Last Lull Before the Saratoga Summer
A Spa Water Trip Then Notes on Downtown's Changing Face, plus Specific Snapshots of Recent History
The Lull Before and After the Storm in Saratoga Springs… I’m driving back from the Saratoga Spa State Park near midnight, after an early evening downpour and storm had drenched the city and knocked down trees and power lines in nearby towns. That didn’t seem to have mattered to the Avenue of Pines,...
Verbs & Adverbs–Back to the Studio Version
Zen in a 400 sq ft space
Here is/was my 3rd week March 2019 slice of life: Taught in the morning, 9-12 in Latham…”How to Make and Receive Offers” to 7 students…always a new crop of real estate recruits entering the fold, and it creates adrenalin exchange just talking about the nuts and bolts and anecdotes of this business… Then got...
Saratoga From A Distance…late November 2018
You probably know this, but One has to leave Saratoga Springs and the Greater Capital District once in a while, then come back to re-appreciate It. Sometimes I forget that. I’d been totally immersed in this area and my work for about 22 months without a break, and was overdue for a different vantage...
My Pleasant Surprise at SPAC, 9/23/18– The OUTLAW FESTIVAL
Well not only have I not been blogging enough this summer but I had not been to SPAC yet for the entire season, missing a slew of interesting shows for lame reasons like my nonstop work schedule, bad timing, wanting to avoid big crowds, and my own downtime inertia. For the most part I...
Verb Noun/ Verb Noun, Middle Grove Valediction
My significant other being in the hospitality industry means even on a Sunday in August she sets the alarm for 4 a.m. but it was a brilliant full moon last night and I haven’t really slept that much anyway. So I am awake before it goes off even though it is my day off,...
Back To The Blog World– Musical Views Re-Stated
The SETTING– It’s a Saturday eve in mid-August, 2018 in Saratoga Springs, and itz been 3 years since I’ve posted anything new. Not that I haven’t written anything, I have a thousand scattered fragments and scraps that I am trying to mold into a mosaic novel about my time here in Toga town, and...