I have a confession to make. I didn’t watch Walter Cronkite every night. I watched Huntley and Brinkley. Walter was my man on space missions that’s for sure. But, every night? Huntley and Brinkley. I had a little ‘thing” for Mr. Huntley, in fact. One time I dreamt about him. O, yes, I did ladies! […]
History
1638 to 2009
I could begin the reasons one might love living in New England with its four distinct seasons, but, since I’m more than slightly deranged at the thought of it being 18 degrees (again) this morning, I’ll skip the weather angle and go right to history. History with a capital “H”. This house, this town, Dedham, […]
Beyonce at Inaugural Concert
©Pat Coakley 2009 PHOTOGRAPHY CANNOT BE USED WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION This is the 10th post in my series called “Driving to the Inaugural.” I am driving from my computer with the assistance of memory and past images and television and internet. Triple A doesn’t have road service for this journey even though I have […]
The Boss
In case anyone is wondering. I don’t drink. Or, take drugs. But, I do enjoy the Boss and worked on my TV photography skills during the 2004 ALCS baseball post season between the New York Yankees and THE Boston Red Sox ( down 3 zip and Red Sox came back won four yes count em […]
Crowd at Lincoln Memorial
The only competition the artists had for my photographic eye yesterday was the crowd. I am posting a series of photos today of the Inaugural Concert performed in front of the Lincoln Memorial on Sunday, the 18th. I am not a concert goer so photographing performers is a new subject. I have the advantage, though, […]