Mr. Paul Curran has been found!

Linda G. Hill did it. She ended today’s trip to Ottawa with a stop at Paul Curran’s house. She knocked on his door and … Click on her blog below, and let her tell it in her words. Let’s just say that if you read my blog about our favorite commenter and guest blogger yesterday,…

Now, now, play nice

Taking a big loop around the Little Bitty in Syracuse neighborhood of Eastwood, Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I strayed over the line into Lyncourt. One neighbor was into the holiday spirit with mixed legends. Ellie B turned her nose up at the tumult, but I envisioned quite a Donnybrook the night before, an…

Working hard to get it exactly right

Kimberly Schad will throw a big party Friday night in Syracuse, at The Palace Theater on James Street, where everybody can come and appreciate her performing her music for free. It’s a release celebration for her EP, The Mystic Kingdom. Schad started recording an album five years ago, and didn’t like the final result. She…

Where are your words, Paul Curran?

The constant commenter has not been commenting these days. WordPress’s most prolific guest poster isn’t sending out posts to any of his regular places, either. There’s been a hole in BloggyVille where Paul Curran’s words are supposed to be shining, waxing, tickling, educating. A few of us who’ve regularly hit the publish button to allow…

Sad, sweet, over

An odd feeling filled me as my dear wife Karen and I settled into our seats in the Carrier Dome for the final time in this 2015 college football season Saturday. It looked familiar enough, a sparse crowd that the Sunday paper listed as what I figure as a bought-but-did-not-attend 30,317 in place for the…