~Lost In the Adirondacks~ : October 2026

Friday, October 9, 2026

Troy Music Hall

The Troy Music Hall is world famous for being one of the most acoustically sound music halls in the world. Some the most talented musical artist on the planet preformed there since the 1800's.

Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff

Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz

Yehudi Menuhin

Arthur Rubinstein

Isaac Stern

Ella Jane Fitzgerald

John Birks "Dizzy" Gillespie

Benjamin David Goodman

Just to name a few.

In the 1960's as a member of the Saint Mary's Choir we sang there every year before Christmas as a competition between other catholic schools from the capitol district. We never won anything but it was and still is an honor to be even such a small part of the amazing history of this music hall.

Thoughts rattling around in my head

I can remember the nuns leading me by the ear , but for the life of me I can't remember anyone ever having to lead me by the hand.

It's easy to gain the love and admiration of a child.One just has to get down low so that they can look you in the eyes on their own two feet.

Playing catch with your dad is like tossing dreams back and forth.Some you'll catch and some you'll drop and maybe after a while some will come true.

Laying back watching the stars I can't understand how anyone could not believe in an almighty. God may of left us to fend for ourselves , but she's there .

Know your heart , know yourself and set a compass bearing harmonic to both.

Every time you look to the stars you are seeing something new.

Every photographer has their own rules they use to achieve success , success for me comes from breaking everyone of them.

Mathematics is the purist language of all . Whether they realize it or not scientist are learning to talk in the same language God speaks.

It is with photography that I'm able to talk with God in a way that we both understand each other.

Baseball is life itself , no matter where you are the goal is always the same . To get home safe and sound .

Kids may never remember when you show up but they will never forget if you don't.

As we get older do we really change? Or do we become the people we really are ?

William Ernest Henley

Out of the night that covers me,
Black as the Pit from pole to pole,
I thank whatever gods may be
For my unconquerable soul.

In the fell clutch of circumstance
I have not winced nor cried aloud.
Under the bludgeonings of chance
My head is bloody, but unbowed.

Beyond this place of wrath and tears
Looms but the Horror of the shade,
And yet the menace of the years
Finds, and shall find, me unafraid.

It matters not how strait the gate,
How charged with punishments the scroll.
I am the master of my fate:
I am the captain of my soul.

Quotes

What's the use of being Irish if you can't be thick?

Billy Conn

How come you never see a headline like " Psychic Wins Lottery"

Jay Leno

If I were two-faced , would I be wearing this one?

Abraham Lincoln

When I was a boy of 14 , my father was so ignorant , I could hardly stand to have the old man around.But when I got to be 21 , I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Mark Twain

I gave my father 100 dollars and said , "Buy yourself something that will make your life easier." So he went out and brought a present for my mother.

Rita Rudner

I think I am , therefore, I am. I think.

George Carlin

I brought some rat poison ,the girl asked me , "Should I warp it up or are you going to eat it here?"

Rodney Dangerfield

Human beings are the only creatures on earth that allow their children to come back home.

Bill Cosby

Any kid'll run an errand for you if you ask at bedtime.

Red Skelton

A diplomat is a man who always remembers a women's birthday but never remembers her age.

Robert Frost

I ain't afraid to love a man , I ain't afraid to shoot him either.

Annie Oakley

~Lost In the Adirondacks~

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Friday, October 9, 2026

Troy Music Hall

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