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You had me from the headline, my good friend Beth. Source: library.
Onondaga Lake doesn’t need snow to look winter-wicked
I decided not to just jump in my car and drive straight the two miles back to A Bitty Better when I got out of work from the Liverpool Public Library on Friday. A quick look to my left when I got to Tulip Street told me that the two-block stroll to Onondaga Lake would…
Natalie Portman pours her soul into Jackie
Natalie Portman deserves every honor that comes her way for Jackie. She takes this complicated part from the mind of director Pablo Larrain and pen of screenwriter Noah Oppenheim and makes sure audiences for sure think yes, that is what we remember of our Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy in this critical time of U.S. history, be…
A lovely look to the library’s street
When I left work Friday afternoon, there was still enough light left to jog down to Onondaga Lake Park to take some pictures with my iPhone 6s. OK, I walked briskly from the cold. No jogging for me. The lake photos I’ll save for another post. Tulip Street upon my return provided the perfect image…
Plugging the hole, or sometimes you must vent
When my dear wife Karen and I moved into A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville, the master bedroom came equipped with one gaping hole. At the bottom was where the heat came out. At the top we saw the plug from the mounted TV … in the living room on the other…
Baseball, please, Hot Stove style
The Syracuse Chiefs Hot Stove Dinner warmed me up for the 2017 baseball season last Friday night. When my dear wife Karen asked me if I’d like her to say yes to two tickets offered to her at her job at Syracuse Media Group, I said yes in a flash. This baseball fan was ready…
A huge night for Tiny
Something special happened for the Limp Lizard squad during Thursday Night Men’s League action at Bowling Green last week. And it wasn’t the fact that we won all three games for the first time to up our second-half record to 9-12. My teammate Tiny had a week that was. If you can’t quite make out…
A clear look at our foggy backyard
Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle delivered an extra woof when I let her out into the backyard of A Bitty Better Sunday morning. I looked out further from the back door, brushed the sleep out of my eyes, grabbed my iPad Pro, and stepped out the side door. Our cherished rescue mutt wanted me to…
A tree still colorful in Clinton Square
A trip to downtown Syracuse to meet my dear wife Karen at the end of our last work week brought me a surprise as we walked past Clinton Square. The city Christmas Tree not only still standing, but the lights were still shining as well. The date was Jan. 20. The skaters taking advantage of…
What would one teen boy take from 3 diverse 20th Century Women?
If you lived through 1979, parts big and small of Mike Mills’ Women of a Certain Age will smack you upside the head. The writer and director fashioned this sometimes searing and sometimes sleepy 118-minute period piece after his relationship with his mother, and filled it with the way the people and place in their…
Mark Bialczak 