Happy Halloween from somebody who’s not into it as much as you

Happy Halloween is the salutation of the day. Trick or treat! I will not be dressing up lavishly for the occasion. Oh, I have donned a costume in my adult past. Sometimes I’ve enjoyed it. A handful of years ago, my dear wife Karen and I went to a Halloween-night local-band gig dressed as the…

Will a Syracuse team fighting for a bowl chance lure Central New York to the Carrier Dome?

The last time I took a look at the Syracuse football squad here, the Orange was coming off a 49-14 loss to Clemson in front of a just-about-full Carrier Dome in its first game ever in the Atlantic Coast Conference. I said that the two road games in between would go a long way toward…

More photos from Niagara Falls (Or, I’ve got you over a barrel)

Quick quiz: Where was this above photo taken? No, I didn’t sneak in another location while I’m on my Niagara Falls roll. This is the park at the bottom of the Ontario city, just below the blocks of tourist shops and just above the majesty of the falls. My dear wife Karen and I had…

Niagara Falls is a wonderful place to revisit on a fifth wedding anniversary

The idea was perfect. Our present to each other for our fifth wedding anniversary should be a return trip to the ground where we’d made it official, my dear wife Karen declared many months ago. I nodded with plenty of enthusiasm. She made reservations at the same hotel where we stayed on our wedding night.…

From on high, the sun rises over Niagara Falls, Ontario

My first eye-opening view on Oct. 27, 2013. I am on the top floor, the 19th story, of the Doubletree. Our room faces East. Niagara Falls, Ontario, is pretty darn special. A Wonder of the World, really.

A butterfly bush sends lone purple blossom high into the Syracuse autumn sky

Our butterfly bushes have always been the late bloomers. Slowly but surely in this backyard garden in Syracuse, N.Y., these babies become big achievers, too. The purple-blooming bush has always stood tallest as the growing season progresses. As autumn falls deeply at last upon this city neighborhood of Eastwood, one single branch has taken its…

Jonny Gray edges ‘Big Sexy’ Shawn Smith on ‘The Voice,’ but everybody should be proud

The Air Force guy beat the sergeant from Utica last night on “The Voice.” When coach CeeLo Green finished his judgment of the performance of Tom Petty’s classic rock song “Refugee,” he picked Jonny Gray of Arizona over Shawn Smith of Central New York. It was a fair and memorable fight. Green picked a good…

Get ready for ‘Big Sexy’ Shawn Smith’s second appearance on ‘The Voice’

Music lovers in Central New York have been waiting two weeks for Shawn Smith’s second appearance on “The Voice.” The singer and guitarist from Utica was the very last performer to make it past the blind audition round at the season five start of NBC’s popular singing show. His down-home take on the Zac Brown…

Sometimes the name matches the talent. Take a shot at adding to the list

Once in a while you take notice of a person, pinpoint their profession, and feel the need to declare, “Of course!” I am convinced there are those among us who are destined to become what we become from the moment we are born to certain parents. Genes? Well, sure, but that is not my point…

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