The other day I was recording for the Reszin Adam and what frequently comes up is her old mineograph machine that was left on the curb and likely crushed in an garbage truck and hauled to the landfill for “disposal.” The question always come up whether or not the broken down mineograph should have been saved for history purposes.
The mineograph printed most of the flyers and newsletters for the social justice causes in Albany from the mid 1960s through the 1990s. The mineograph of hers cranked them out one by one with its stinky blue ink from the basement of Reszin house on Chestnut Street for decades. By the time it was retired from service it was no longer usable as the belts and rubber throughout the machine worn and destroyed by the ozone in the air. Parts if they could have been obtained, wouldn’t have made much sense to replace them as computers and laser printers have long replaced such technology as superior.
And it’s not like the mineograph was anything special. It was cranked out by thousands from factories. You can probably find dozens if not hundreds of similar machines on Ebay, some certainly in much better working order. Because of industrial production they are all pretty much the same. Any meaning given to the machine was mostly emotional – it’s not like it would be studied by future generations. Even if it was a museum piece better working examples could be found. And they’re are no museum’s of the people’s history of Albany. People are mostly interested in elected officials like Mayor Erastus Corning, even though the people’s voice still matters on the direction of our country.
Some of the early documents of Save the Pine Bush and the work of Reszin Adam’s have been saved. Others inevitably went to the landfill or maybe the scrap markets for making new paper. Some history was lost but some saved. But it’s hard to say if anyone will ever open the archives or lost to time.
Myself, I don’t save a lot on paper. Most of it ends up in the recycling dumpster or burned up in the woods. I find it just accumulates and it’s a lot easier to save electronically using computers. I figure I some of my blog will be forever saved in places like archive.org. But realistically some of my experiences and thoughts will be lost with the passing of time. But I guess that’s fine, I’m not a public actor, I’m a private citizen. I don’t get that involved with public policy, I am no Reszin Adam’s whose advocacy lead to countless changes in the Albany area.
I am glad some of Reszin Adam’s papers made it to SUNY archives. I’ve spent over a year with John Wolcott papers but I’m not sure how much valuable I’ve found. But maybe it will get achieved. But for me personally I don’t have all that much worth saving and whatever tidbits to get vacuumed up into the Internet Archives it will be a reminder of the lives we once lead to.
As far as monochromatic interiors go, this condo for sale in a 1970s development in Ramona, California, really pushes the limits. “MUST love green or bring your paint brush,” the listing correctly advises, as nearly every inch of the 1,800-square-foot abode is swathed in Kermit the Frog green.
Good morning! Happy Sunday. A beautifulmorning. 🐦 Next Sunday is March 🌨. Sunny and 21 degrees in Delmar, NY. 🌞 Calm wind. Warming up fast. Things will start to thaw out at around 8 am. 🌡️
This morning around eight I’m thinking about walking out to Five Rivers 🐸, doing some bird watching, having lunch at home before heading out to Partridge Run for a hike in the afternoon. Should be a great day.
Today will be sunny 🌞, with a high of 49 degrees at 3pm. 12 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical day around March 26th. Going to be a beautiful day. Calm wind becoming south around 5 mph. A year ago, we had cloudy skies in the morning with more sun in the afternoon. The high last year was 38 degrees. The record high of 69 was set in 2017. 6.9 inches of snow fell back in 1935.❄
Solar noon 🌞 is at 12:10 pm with sun having an altitude of 37.4° from the due south horizon (-33.4° vs. 6/21). The golden hour 🏅 starts at 4:59 pm with the sun in the west-southwest (251°). 📸 The sunset is in the west-southwest (257°) starting at 5:34 pm and lasts for 2 minutes and 58 seconds with dusk around 6:05 pm, which is one minute and 16 seconds later than yesterday. 🌇 The best time to look at the stars is after 6:39 pm. At sunset, look for mostly clear skies 🌄 and temperatures around 44 degrees. There will be a calm wind. Today will have 10 hours and 56 minutes of daytime, an increase of 2 minutes and 48 seconds over yesterday.
Tonight will be mostly clear 🌃, with a low of 29 degrees at 5am. 10 degrees above normal, which is similar to a typical night around March 24th. Light south wind. In 2019, we had cloudy skies in the evening, which became light drizzle by the early hours of the morning. It got down to 34 degrees. The record low of -11 occurred back in 1894.
🌹🌻🌼Only 25 days remain until the first day of calendar spring!🌹🌻🌼
As previously noted, there are 2 weeks until Daylight Savings Time 🌆 when the sun will be setting at 6:53 pm with dusk at 7:22 pm (Daylight Savings Time). On that day in 2019, we had cold weather, but mostly sunny skies and temperatures between 34 and 7 degrees. Typically, the high temperature is 41 degrees. We hit a record high of 68 back in 2012.
