January 6, 2026

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

I’ll tell ya, I don’t know how politicians do it. I mean, it’s tough, all this politics stuff. I’ve been trying to put in sidewalks for not only people like me, but for everyone. It’s tough. And I”m not exactly built for doing something like this. But, like I said before, nothing worthwhile is easy, right?

Just to give everyone a quick update: it looks like I’m gonna have to try and get the state more involved in putting in the sidewalk along a state road, to a state park. It seems simple, but man, it’s tough. It’s like walking through a minefield. But, I’ll tell you what, after this project, no more stuff like this for me. But, like I said before, it’s good that you have a project when you’re in the condition like I am.

I’ll just try to simplify things; After my meeting in Albany with some pretty important people, I established a good contact in the Department of Transportaion. They strongly suggested that we apply for something called a TAP Grant. Now the only problem about a Tap grant is that you have to front something like $3 million dollars and you get something like 80% back. Man, I tell you, that sounds like a shark loan. Anyway, that’s what the village and the town are doing. They’re going to apply for a TAP Grant to pay for the sidewalks. As far as the $3 million, I was told just to get the application in under the deadline and worry about the money later. Like I said, “Loan Shark.”

Hey, I’ll tell you, it’s good though, to do something like this to distract you from feeling the way I feel. It’s brutal feeling the way I feel. I still do therapy twice a week, but therapy seems to get more and more difficult. I always say to myself, “Oh man, I hope I haven’t plateau’d.” Being like I am can be emotionally brutal, so it’s good to have distractions like my project.

Well, that’s about it for now. I’m actually pretty tired. Like I said before, I’m definitely not built for something like this, but we are getting things done. After this, I think I’ll take a long vacation…

Love and miss you guys. Love, B. Nice

December 23, 2025

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

You know, when you’re like this, with a traumatic brain injury, it’s good to have a project to give yourself a feeling of self worth. My project right now is working on getting better sidewalks, you know, for people like me, for the elderly, for everyone. I’m trying to get better sidewalks in my community. It’s important. There’s a young kid helping me out. It kind of freaks me out. His father is the same age as me. Anyway, we went up to Albany to meet with the governor. The governor’s office put us in touch with the people that the governor would have recommended anyway. We basically saved a step in the process. I mean, it would have been cool to meet the governor, but I got to meet some pretty important people. It was a good meeting. I think this meeting will lead to getting better sidewalks in my community. It was cool They were particularly taken aback by Ronan’s age and his interest in this project. He did most of the talking. I said a few words in the beginning but he did most of the talking. I did say to them, “Watch out for this guy Ronan. He’s gonna be President one day.” Mind you we’ll all be in wheelchairs by then, although I am already in a wheelchair. Anyway, they were impressed by our work.

It is pretty cool that I’ve gotten this far and that I’m so messed up. I’ll tell you though, it was tough for me to go up there. I was exhausted when we came home. It was a long day.

I’m gonna keep it short. I also just wanted to wish everyone a Merry Christmas. On a personal note, I’d just like to say, I think Christmas has gotten too materialistic. It’s all about being together and sharing love. And if you can’t be together, just think about each other in a positive, loving way. Forget about the fact that I couldn’t go shopping anyway…

That’s it for now. And have a Merry Christmas. Love, B. Nice

December 16, 2025

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

I’d like to dedicate this blog to my daughter. It’s her birthday today! Can you believe it? She’ll be 19. 19 going on 40. You know, my friends all often say, you have no grey hair why? Well, my kid lives in Texas. (Just kidding Sam.)

So I’m getting ready to go up to Albany. I was going to meet with the Governor, but it was changed to meet up with the chief handicap commissioner. She reports directly to the governor. It’s actually good I’m meeting this person. I think I’ll get more done working with her. The governor seems to be busy. I’m bringing up a bunch of petitions, the ones with comments. The comments really show that a decent sidewalk is needed in our village. What we have now is called a sidewalk, but it’s really a blacktop footpath. We need a sidewalk that’s accessible to everybody. You know, not just handicapped people, but the elderly, moms with strollers, everyone.

It’s good I’m meeting with the chief handicap commissioner as I want to talk with her about several other things. There needs to be more people working as home health aides. We gotta figure out a way to get more people helping people like myself. When you’re like this, you really want to be at home more, you know, so you have your own bed, have your friends stop by. Be in your own home. I’ve been in the other option, and believe me, it sucks. Anyway, let’s all try to figure it out.

Above is a photo of my daughter and I. She was about one in this picture. I’ll never forget. I was so nervous I didn’t know how to take care of a one year old, nor did I know where to take her on her first birthday. So, of course, I took her to a really trendy restaurant. But she seemed to have a good time. I didn’t have any drinks that night. Can you believe it? Oh wait. Can you believe I drank a lot? Anyway it was a fun night. She seemed to have a good time. And that bottle on the table - that’s hers - not mine.

Love and miss you guys. Love, B. Nice

December 9, 2025

Hi everybody. Welcome to my blog where I talk about my present. I’m gonna presently dedicate this blog to my friend here, who’s writing this for me. She was in Hawaii for a week, so we didn’t blog. But I’d like to say “Welcome Back!”

I’m currently working on getting better sidewalks put in for people like me, the elderly, moms with strollers. You know. A decent sidewalk. Man, it’s tough. Talk about buracracy, but the good thing is, I have a meeting with the chief handicap officer of New York State that I’ll be meeting up in Albany. I was wondering why I’m doing all this, but then I figured out, it all gives me a sense of purpose. You know, before when I was an international fashion photographer, I was always busy trying to figure things out. My life seems kind of empty, you know, being in this wheelchair, and in the house, but now I have this sidewalk campaign and it gives me a sense of purpose. It seems simple, and sounds simple, but it’s tough to help a lot of people (including me). You know, this town is just growing and growing. My family has been here since 1968. We’re basically becoming an outer suburb of New York City. You know, like the outer Queens. We’re no longer the countryside, like it was in 1968. Hell, in the 1800’s this was all farmland. I guess we call that progress.

You know, our village is small. There are only like 2000 residents and most our income for the village comes from property tax. I’m learning a lot. There’s a lot to fix in this village and very little money. I hear this from the current administration and the previous administration. I almost feel like there should be a toll when people get off the train to visit our village. Anyway, wish me luck up in Albany. Should I bring my stinky dog?

Talk to you next week. Love, B. Nice

P.S. Above is what I’ve been working on. They’re more abstract images from my stock of photography.

September 2, 2025

Hi everybody. Welcome to my blog where I talk about my present. Man, can you believe it’s September already? What happened to our summer? Actually, I spent most of my summer working with the idea of putting in sidewalks. Can you believe I used to talk about models, now all I talk about is sidewalk?. Anyway, we definitely need sidewalks right on route 9D in Cold Spring, where I see people walking along the road like a scene from Dawn of the Living Dead. Can you guys please help me out? If you haven’t already, please sign my petition to put sidewalks in. I’ll give you a quick timeline: About 3 years ago, Route 9D destroyed my car. It totaled it. The back axel was shattered. I hit a pothole. It was a write off. And therefore, I have had no car. There’s no public transportation here. So unless I sit around and watch re-runs of Oprah, I get out on my power wheelchair to go to the store, the doctor, physical therapy, etc. But, if there’s bad weather, or if it’s too cold or hot, I stay home and watch reruns of Oprah. Now, one day, I went out on my power chair and because of what they call a sidewalk I almost flipped over with my power chair on top of me. Luckily, my health aide caught the chair. If I’d fallen over, I wouldn’t be writing to you right now. This chain of events is what’s gotten me started on this whole sidewalk thing.

We are getting traction though, with the town and the department of transportation and the village, but we need to keep pushing, so please sign my petition if you haven’t already, and please share it with as many people as you can.

https://www.change.org/p/sidewalk-from-boscobel-to-little-stony-point-online-petition?recruiter=1061324706&recruited_by_id=3cfbc520-6d47-11ea-854f-e10027829238&utm_source=share_petition&utm_campaign=petition_dashboard&utm_medium=copylink

Or, the other alternative is you can buy me a wheelchair car. They’re only $70,000. Oh yeah, and I need a really hot chauffeur.

Love and miss you guys. Love, B. Nice

P.S. If the link above is not clickable - please copy and paste. That’ll take you right there.