Moments In Focus
You with the Sad Eyes April 17, 2026 Christina Applegate’s You with the Sad Eyes is a memoir that splits itself between vulnerability and frustration, honesty and repetition. It’s a book that, at times, feels like a raw confession—and at others, like a loop the author hasn’t quite stepped out of. A large portion of […]
Not a Speck of Light April 12, 2026 Most of the stories in the collection “Not a Spec of Light“, by Laird Barron are, frankly, boring. There are a couple of standouts. “Don’t Make Me Assume My Ultimate Form” was the one that held my attention—the conversation between the Danny Doll and the character with […]
The Glassy, Burning Floor of Hell April 12, 2026 The second book I got from Brian Stevenson, after the collection of stories A Collapse of Horses. I was really hoping for more stories in the same vein as A Collapse of Horses (hoping really for another story to blow me away like the story “Click” […]
Revolutionary history at the Schuyler House, rebuilt in just 29 days after British troops burned it to the ground in 1777.
My first hike of the season took me to the powerful Dionondahowa Falls. Walking through the woods before the spring growth takes over has a stark, beautiful clarity to it, even if the bare branches made…
My lady’s work on display at Schenectady’s Art Night
A Collapse of Horses March 14, 2026 Brian Evenson’s A Collapse of Horses was my introduction to the author, and it accomplished one of the best things a book can do: it made me immediately go out and buy another book by the same writer. That alone says a lot. The collection is made up […]
Yours Cruelly, Elvira: Memoirs of the Mistress of the Dark March 14, 2026 What Could Have Been My interest in Stinger started in a somewhat roundabout way. I first encountered the story through the television show Teacup streaming on Peacock. The premise immediately caught my attention: strange events, isolated characters, and a slow unfolding mystery […]
Disciple of the Garden brought raw 90s grunge energy to Frog Alley, while ScarHaven surprised me with real power and presence. In a bigger room, they might have brought the house down.
While my wife handled drop-offs for the show at John Boyd Thacher State Park, I walked the cliff edge and caught Mine Lot Falls frozen below—still, sharp, and worth every step.
