The New York State Fair is always a place for all ages, even when they open the gates for free for those over 60 on one of their senior days. That was the case Monday when my dear wife Karen and I took our one trip this summer of 2016. That’s when we were free…
For 33 years, I’ve lived and worked in the greater Syracuse, N.Y., area. Schooled in journalism, a reporter and editor by trade and a curious sort always, I consider myself the sort who always looks long at the surroundings. Imagine that I couldn’t quite place exactly where I had to go when my bosses at…
The last of our big three butterfly bushes pushed out its blooms. Behold, to the right, the multi-colored beauty. We loved the completed trifecta in the triangle garden in the backyard of the cherished Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. Yeah, I love the look back there, for sure. No question about…
No question that Roberto Duran, he of the Hands of Stone, was one of the best fighters in the world, the scrappy soul from Panama who threw his first professional punch in 1968 and remained relevant in the ring way into the 1990s. The man could hit. That’s evident in the tale of his life…
Our regular Sunday guest column from Paul Curran has yet to make its weekly appearance to my email inbox. Yes. I agree. My real world Cuppa does not taste as good without his literary Cuppa. I’ll post it or let you know if I hear more otherwise regarding this week’s status. No, this has nothing…
My job at the Liverpool Public Library took me to a Pokemon Safari at Onondaga Lake Park this week. While the patrons chased the little monsters on their smart phones, I chased the best photos I could find. (Videos, too, and I think I came up with a pretty good one riding the conference bike…
My dear wife Karen came up with a great idea for Labor Day weekend, and I did my best to make it work for 10 folks who live hundreds of miles apart. Why not get terrific daughter Elisabeth and outstanding significant George Three to join us in Syracuse to travel to Citi Field in Flushing.…
They threw an open house on South Salina Street this week. The Onondaga County Public Library’s Central Branch has been working on its three floors of grand stuff in the Galleries of Syracuse since I’ve been working at the Liverpool Public Library. Our brethren did good. Real good. The Children’s Room on the second floor…
Things will be different when the New York State Fair opens the gates today. Starting with the gates. From the close last Labor Day, the sprawling fairgrounds in Geddes received a facelift to the tune of $50 million, the folks right there a couple of miles west of Syracuse city proper who hosted our monthly…
I feel as if I’ve known Beth from I Didn’t Have My Glasses On forever. She’s been my friend in BloggyVille forever, one of the first people I met on WordPress, a writer of special note, a photographer of fine image, a person of great wit, a person fun and smart and easy to be…
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