Enjoy movies, Liverpool Public Library-style

I think the way we show movies at the Liverpool Public Library is pretty cool. We have a big screen in the Carman Community Room. Fairly comfortable chairs. Popcorn and beverages at no charge. And did I mention that there are no ticket-takers. Yes, the movies are free of admission charges as well. I went…

Jeff comes to the rescue to fix the fence

We knew the backyard fence at A Bitty Better was sagging. Hover over a gallery photo for a description. Click on an image for an enlarged slide show. As soon as we moved from The Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood, I took a trip to Lowe’s for the cinderblocks needed to…

Back rooting for the Orange at last

Odd college football season this has been for my dear wife Karen and I. Life kept us away from two of the Syracuse home football games. And that meant we were pretty fired up for last Saturday’s game between the Orange and the North Carolina State Wolfpack. We hadn’t gone up the hill to the…

A lot of folks enjoy the Stroll at Lights on the Lake

This was the biggest crowd my dear wife Karen and I ever encountered during our now traditional walks along Lights on the Lake. We knew it from about a mile down the road from A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville on Monday night, after she tooted her horn in the driveway to…

Supermoon over A Bitty Better

A Bitty Better makes a good backdrop for a Supermoon. Our first phenomena in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville delivered a fairly stupendous shot of the sky above our new home. I called my dear wife Karen out around 9:30 this evening of Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, a night when the moon is closest to…

And so Leon Russell says to me …

The year is 1999, and Leon Russell is coming to perform at the New York State Blues Festival in downtown Syracuse’s Clinton Square. I bag a phone interview to write a preview story for the big daily. So in my preparation, I see that Mr. Russell doesn’t do many interviews any more. In fact, some…

Lights on the Lake takes on a different feel this year

The Lights on the Lake stroll is scheduled for Monday night. The dog walk comes Tuesday. Wednesday night, it’s open for vehicles until the New Year. This I was assured from a quick lunchtime walk during a crisp noontime this week. The past two years, my dear wife Karen and I have taken in the…