Can I?

Getting stuck? It’s been below zero, real temperature, a handful of times in our part of the world this winter. Things get stuck in the morning. Worst was the outside door of our front alcove teamed with the lock latch on our side gate. I got us out two ways: moving a portable heater into…

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Keeping it clear

Where to put it? So when it snows while I’m sleeping, I have to sweep what’s accumulated on our car somewhere before I take my dear wife Karen out to an early shift. And then I have to clear that so she can safely get in the car. Life has been something this year.

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Sprout hunting

Not yet. When March comes in our part of the world, my dear wife Karen and I look for our first green sprouts in our gardens. This year I think they have a tougher path.

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Hello down there

Please bounce back. In past winters, I’ve been able to bring you photos of rogue blooms from our front corner rose bush. This year, my dear wife Karen and I discuss whether or not it will bounce back from all this snow that had to go there. Insulation or oxygen stealer? Only spring and summer…

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I don’t think it will melt quickly

Higher and higher. We keep getting more snow added to the big bank at the end of our driveway. As we move to March, I wonder about its staying power.

Good look in late February

Thank you, sunshine. That orange glow in our sky has been scarce this winter in our part of the world. I was happy to catch the orange spreading before it set to the west.

Wide right

Under pressure. We had much fun rooting for the hometown Syracuse Crunch skating against the visiting Charlotte Checkers the night before the gold medal Winter Olympics men’s hockey game between the U.S. and Canada. The tight contest had it all: fast skating, back-and-forth scoring and too much fighting for my hockey tastes. Alas, the home…

Hockey here, too

He shoots … While many hockey fans in North America were waiting for the Winter Olympics men’s team gold medal game between bitter rivals squads from the United States and Canada, my dear wife Karen, terrific daughter Elisabeth, fantastic George Three and I drove the couple miles to downtown Syracuse the night before that big…

Sometimes you need to shovel

My work. Sometimes the plow company just packs down the driveway snow too much. Oh, once a year I decide I have to go out there afterward and take to the ruts my car made in what they left with my trusty shovel. Hard work!

Great women’s game

Carolina in control. My dear wife Karen and I arrived to our home city JMA Wireless Dome early enough to catch a lot of the fourth quarter of the opening game of the day’s doubleheader. Each contest featured a No. 1 team in the country. In the women’s college lacrosse contest that kicked off the…

Just short

Another Orange save. My Maryland Terps indeed jumped out to a first-quarter lead as my dear wife Karen and I watched on in our home city JMA Wireless Dome in the battle of No. 1 vs. No. 2 in men’s college lacrosse. But Syracuse had too much on both offense and defense. The final score:…

It’s a goal!

Traveling well. The pocket of Maryland fans sitting below us were ready to show their cheer when the Terps scored a goal. Officially, our name is the Terrapins, but that would require too many letter cards to make their way to a visiting stadium, I think.

Hard-fought, indeed

Shoot that ball. The intensity was high as Maryland and Syracuse battled in front of my dear wife Karen and I in the JMA Wireless Dome in our city of Syracuse. Yes, I was appreciating her Christmas present to me of these wonderful men’s college lacrosse tickets. I’ve been a fan of this sport since…

Ready, set, go!

Let the game begin. The faceoff is so important in college lacrosse. The Maryland Terps and Syracuse Orange players knew it as the No. 1 vs. No. 2 contest began …

Have a good game

Good sports. I do appreciate the final pregame handshakes before a big college contest. I watched as my Alma mater Maryland and Syracuse shook hands before their No. 1 vs. No. 2 battle in our home city.