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Our weekly guest columnist send me his third different head shot in his time with us here at Markbialczak.com, all predicated by a change in his personal style. I’ll say. Paul Curran told us why the facial hair had to go in his story titled ‘I’m Sorry.’ He continues to touch on it in this…
First sign of fall at Onondaga Lake Park
I took a quick lunchtime stroll two blocks down from the Liverpool Public Library this week despite the 90º F temperatures and the fact that I had to return to my desk, oh, a tad sweaty. I saw some color on the trees at last this blistering summer. It’s the first hint of change I’ve…
No retreat from the comfort of old friends
Are you sure The Retreat will be open on Labor Day, Judy asked me via Facebook as we solidified our plans for the four of us to meet for lunch. I stopped by on my daily lap through the Village of Liverpool while on my break from the job at the library to be sure.…
Orange you glad Syracuse can play fast?
Dino Babers promised fast this Syracuse Orange football season. So far, so quick. The home opener last Friday night in the Carrier Dome left the Colgate Raiders with spinning heads. Well, after the Football Championship Subdivision squad from over Hamilton way struck first for a 7-0 lead, anyway. Syracuse sophomore quarterback Eric Dungey and the…
A garden that bursts with beauty, love and hope
I took the photographs, wrote this post, and scheduled it to publish today before my sister Fran died last week. I’ll return soon to look with new eyes. I’d pass the Butterfly Garden of Hope every time I drove up or down the Onondaga Lake Parkway and think that someday I’d like to stop and…
Behold Trumbo and his superhero power of … Writing!
Behold the newest member of the Marvel Universe. He wears big glasses and a bushy mustache not as a disguise but as part of his everyday Hollywood attire. Trumbo slays the evil empire by … Wait. I’m mixing studios and genres here, obviously. But director Jay Roach certainly took John McNamara’s script based on Bruce…
My sweet middle sister Frannie gave and got much love and friendship
We’re back from our trip to Long Island for the services for my middle sister Frannie. She passed away at the age of 51 last week, sending shock and sadness through her husband Jack, my little sister Dory and myself and our beloveds, and everybody else who she touched through those years on our planet.…
Perfectly powzer
To help celebrate Labor Day here in the U S of A, I saved some of my fireworks display photographs from Star Wars Night put on by the Syracuse Chiefs baseball squad at NBT Bank Stadium here in Central New York. Happy day to all. Hover over any gallery photo for a description. Click on…
Our daylilies get their moment in the light
What a lovely butterfly garden in the backyard of our cherished Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood my dear wife Karen has cultivated this summer of 2016. I took these photos more than a month ago. They’re too pretty not to show off. Sweet time of year, indeed. No matter how you…
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