Author Archives: Jim Crowley

Key West – Part 2

Seven Mile Bridge To Key West After returning to our car from the Old Seven Mile Bridge we drove non-stop to Key West and our hotel, the Pier House Resort & Caribbean Spa. My GPS was spot on; we had no difficulty finding the hotel. Check in was a breeze and we made it to [...]

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ABSENCE 2012 – Volume 14

Last night was the annual Celebration of the Arts! A reading and reception for the unveiling of volume 14 of the ABSENCE 2012 Literary and Arts Review. The reception was held in the Ostermayer Room of the Student Community Center on the campus of Penn State Greater Allegheny in McKeesport, PA. ABSENCE a magazine that showcases a selection [...]

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Key West – Part 1

Miami International Airport To Seven Mile Bridge I am very happy to report that Robrandi; my best friend; my loving wife of 30 years; and I had a really great week long wedding anniversary celebration in Key West, Florida. For better or worse, we are safely back at home. Last week we flew from Maryland’s [...]

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Isabella

Last evening our good friend Holly stopped by for a short visit with her three children, Kiel, Isabella and Lillian. A few years ago Holly and Robrandi attended graduate school together and wound up being study partners over entire period so we became close friends. Kiel is her older, teenage son and Isabella and Lillian [...]

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Six Lighthouses

It’s been some time since I last posted a new blog. Life has a way of butting in on occasion but anyway… Last week I had some business in the windy city of Chicago. I drove out on Monday and worked in the office thru Wednesday evening. Business concluded, I checked out early Thursday and headed [...]

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(No) Reflections on a Catfish

I have had glasses now for 6 years. In that time, for one reason or another I had never bothered to get prescription sunglasses and to be honest I don’t know why. Prior to my needing prescription glasses I had always worn polarized sunglasses especially on and around water. You can just see much better with them [...]

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National Nurse Anesthetist Week

This week, January 22 through January 28 is National Nurse Anesthetists Week. National Nurse Anesthetists Week is a yearly celebration occurring in the last full week in January. It began in 1999 and this year, 2012, will mark its 13th year. This year’s theme is “Quality and Excellence in Anesthesia Care.” From the AANA website, “Established by the [...]

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2012 New Year Celebration

I would like to thank my wonderful family, Robrandi, Jess, Phil, Megan and Troy for joining me and participating in the New Year 2012 Cruise, Booze & Brawl event. It was a wonderful success and by all accounts everyone had a great time. How will we ever top it next year…?

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HCC Digital Competition Night

Last evening the Harrisburg Camera Club held it’s second Digital Image Competition for the 2011-2012 club year. There was a total of 30 images that were previously provided to three judges for review and scoring.  After a brief preview of all of the images the scores were revealed and the judges critiqued each individual image. My image, titled, The [...]

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Mt. Washington, Pittsburgh, PA

After spending much of the day photographing in Wheeling, West Virginia and Bellaire, Ohio my camera club friend Tom and I decided to head back home, west towards Harrisburg. Our plan was to detour to Pittsburgh and try to make it there just before sun down so we could photograph the city from the top of [...]

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