August 19, 2025

Hi everybody. Welcome to my blog where I talk about my present.

I’m presently trying to have put in a sidewalk between Boscobel and Little Stony Point here in Cold Spring, NY. It’s exhausting. I’m not into politics or anything like this, but this is tough, especially in my condition. I’m also stressed because August 18, yesterday, is my anniversary of my first brain bleed. It always comes up in my mind August 18, 2009. It’s the day this journey first started. Man, I tell you, I could write a book of what to do and what not to do. It’s been so long, to tell the truth, I’m getting a little tired of sitting down for 16 years.

I’m gonna leave it at that because I don’t really feel like blogging right now. I’m still focused on this sidewalk thing. If you want to see more, just go to my Facebook page: briandnice.

Above is a sketch my father did, Don Nice. He would sketch all the time.

Love and miss you all.

Oh yeah, and on the Facebook page is my link to my petition. Please share it and sign it if you haven’t already.

Love, B. Nice

July 22, 2025

Hi everybody! Happy birthday Paul! Welcome to my blog where I talk about my present. I’m gonna dedicate this blog to my friend here. She came back from her vacation. I couldn’t blog while she was away, cause she’s the backbone of this blog and I couldn’t do it without her.

So I’ve been hard at work at getting sidewalks put in between Boscobel and Little Stony Point. That’s here in the town of Cold Spring, NY, USA. The sidewalk’s not only for handicapped people like me, but for mother’s with strollers, older people, people in general, people walking their dogs, kids coming home from school, walking to your doctor, walking to therapy, walking to get food. A sidewalk on 9D (that’s a state road by the way) is essential. My pitch is this, look, the city is growing. We’re becoming an outskirt of NYC. Not only that, but we’re supposed to be carbon friendly. It’ll be good for us to get off our fat ass and walk to the doctor (as you a see, I’m a little passionate about this sidewalk thing). My family has been trying to put in a sidewalk from Boscobel to Little Stony Point for about 10 years now. What has put fire under my ass is that I almost fell over in my power chair. I’m a little fired up because I’ve survived a lot in my life and I almost got taken out by a stupid sidewalk. A sidewalk not only has to be put in, but they have to be repaired as well (that’s the ones that are already in place).

anyway, I’ve been meeting with the town. We had a big meeting at my house. The State Senator was here, a few other people, and then the following week, we had a meeting with the Senator, a few mayors, someone from the Department of Transportation. Some progress was made, but I guess things have to be done in baby steps. I’m not used to baby steps. Actually, I’m not used to steps at all right now. Anyway, with help from a friend and mayor Kathleen Foley, things seem to be moving forward. I have an assistant who comes in once a week to help me do the things I can’t do. He’s been a great help.

The other thing I’ve been doing is I do little videos for the Philipstown Locals Facebook page. I do it about twice a week. I also got a celebrity friend involved. She’s gonna help me get a few other celebrities. You’d know her by name, but I’m not gonna tell you just yet. I’ll wait till it’s all a done deal. If anyone out there can help me, I need to contact Channel 12. The town of Greenburgh got sidewalks put in after 10 years of complaining and one death. I guess it takes someone to die for things to get done. I would like to expedite our sidewalk and get it done before someone does die. I live right on 9D and I see people walk on the road all the time. I say this over and over, but it’s just a matter of time before someone gets clipped.

Anyway, some of this might be redundant, but sometimes you gotta say things over and over before people listen.

On another note, I finally got my new car, thanks to my sister. She did most of the work. Thanks to my sister I have a new car. It’s sitting here in my driveway ready to be shipped off and converted to a wheelchair car. I can finally leave the house after a long long time. I go out in my powerchair, but it’s not the same as hopping in the car and going somewhere. I guess you call that “Freedom.”

Anyway, that’s about it for now. I’m all fired up now. This sidewalk thing has really gotten under my skin.

That’s about it for now. I’m gonna cut this short cause I want to hear about my friend’s trip. Talk to you guys next week. Love and miss you all. Love, B. Nice

June 10, 2025

Hi everybody. Welcome to my blog where I talk about my present.

Hey, Happy Father’s Day everybody! It’s Father’s Day this Sunday. It always reminds me that I had a great Dad. Above is a photo of us in Montana. Now, my father promised he’d take me camping when I was a kid. He never did, but he came through when I was in my 30’s. We went out to Montana. We rode horses for two weeks. It was quite the adventure. My father was an artist. Also, was my mentor. The guy inspired me. Any values I have as an artist, I got from him. In fact, whenever I compose an image I always think of him and what he would say. Then, on the other hand, Father’s Day also reminds me that I was robbed of being a Dad. I mean, the kid was in my life until the kid was about three, but after that I didn’t really have my kid in my life. Friends and family helped me see the kid as much as possible, but I was pretty much robbed of being a Dad. But, you know, once a father, always a father. I see my kid now, about once a year for about a week. But that’s better than nothing, right?

Who would think it, but I’ve become an advocate for sidewalks here in my home town of Cold Spring, NY. (Click here to see my FaceBook post.) I’m trying to get better sidewalks put in on Route 9D. It’s a state road, but they’re passing the buck to the village which I think is unfair. Bottom line, nothing gets done, so until someone dies or gets severely injured, I don’t think anything will. Now, the reason why I’m on my soapbox and so irate is I almost cracked my head open on the pavement. My health aide caught me as I was about to tip over in my power chair. I don’t think people understand how difficult it is to operate the power chair. If I hit the slightest bump, it sends me to the right or left. It’s all rather challenging, but a good sidewalk like the one in front of M&T Bank makes it a lot easier for me to navigate. Also, remember, I’m used to being an athlete. I’m pretty capable, but someone worse off than me is going to have a problem. And don’t get me started about being on a walker or being old. Man, you may as well stay home. Or maybe that’s what they want you to do. Stay home and don’t make noise. Just watch Oprah.

OK, I’ll leave it at that. If I start thinking about it, I’ll go on and on. I’m kind of angry. I’ll be sure to do a post every Tuesday until something gets done. I’ve some friends in the media. They might like this. Maybe I’ll do a re-enactment of someone getting hit by a car. Or maybe it will really happen. So anyway, that’s it for now. I’m done with my rant and rave. Sorry, I’m just a little passionate about the whole thing. I’d like to get out more, but man, it’s tough. I’d also like to get out safely.

That’s all for now. Love and miss you guys. See you on the road. Love, B. Nice

May 20, 2025

Hi everybody. Welcome to my blog where I talk about my present.

Hey, Happy Memorial Day to everyone out there. I’m gonna dedicate this blog to my father and my friend’s father, my friend who’s sitting right here. Both our fathers served during the Korean conflict.

Above is a photograph I did when I was in Santa Barbara back when I was normal. At the end of this blog I’ll make a gallery of how I shoot now. I hope you enjoy the photos.

When I was a commercial fashion photographer I would shoot about 60 rolls a day. Now I shoot about 10 rolls a year. It’s not so easy. I gotta find someone to help me shoot. I have to find some film. (If anybody out there wants to send me some camera film, I’d be happy to accept.) I’m old school. I shoot 120 mm film. I have to find a subject. It’s usually my garden. Then I have to find someone to help me mail the film. I guess I’ve got to find someone to do just about everyone. It’s not easy asking for help, but you gotta do it. You almost need a personal assistant. As my friend here said, I guess everyone needs a personal assistant, but I really need one. I mean, I can’t do anything.

Hey, guess what! I got my car. Now I gotta get it converted to hold a wheelchair. I have to send it out to Indiana to get it done. But at least I got the car. Thanks to my sister. She really helped me.

I’m gonna leave it there. I’ll include some photos I’ve been doing. I shoot as I see without using photoshop. Check, it out.

Love and miss you all. Love, B. Nice

May 13, 2025

Hi everybody. Welcome to my blog where I talk about my present.

OK, so I’m gonna vent a little bit here. First of all, I’m tired of sitting down for 15 years. It’s kind of getting to me. Right now I feel like getting up and running and screaming. But instead I’ll just let it all out in this blog.

Now, one reason why I’m kind of upset is because I’m trying to get a wheelchair van and it’s proving to be very difficult. I mean, sure, anyone could go out and buy a wheelchair van. All you need is about $70,000. It’s crazy right? I mean, you’d lthink that someone like me, someone who needs a wheelchair van would get a break, but no. Whoever’s out there charging for wheelchair vans decides we should pay more. Life is hard enough as it is, and now I have to pay more to make things easier. Crazy.

So what we’re doing now, (I say we, because my sister is helping me), we are looking for used wheelchair vans. Even that proves to be expensive. So what we figured out is, I’m under the Traumatic Brain injury waiver, right? I can buy the right van under the right criteria, buy a used van and have it converted to a wheelchair van. The state will pay for the conversion. So basically you’re buying a used car and the state will pay for it to be converted. Now, this is only if you are under the Traumatic Brain Injury Waiver. It’s all very complicated and it can drive you crazy, but it’s better than spending $70000.

The other thing I’m working on is trying to get better sidewalks for people like me. Actually it will benefit everyone. Now you think the van thing is complicated? The whole sidewalk thing is crazy. Everyone seems to pass the buck onto everyone else and nothing gets done. Wait til I hit a bump and go into oncoming traffic. That will open someone’s eyes! The bottom line is, I live in New York State and the government of New York State should look after its citizens.

Anyway, I’ll keep being an advocate for better sidewalks. It might seem simple, but it makes a huge difference when you have a decent sidewalk. Man, who would ever think this would be the case. First, when I was a fashion photographer, I used to talk about where I was on a shoot: Hawaii, the Bahamas. Now I talk about sidewalks. You never know where life is gonna take you, right?

I’ll leave it at that for now. I’m over my moaning. Love and miss you guys. Love, B. Nice