A very cool place to pull over in Cazenovia

Back in the day, I used to drive past Cazenovia Lake a lot. Lived in Morrisville. Worked at the big daily in Syracuse. The route along routes 20 and 92 were second nature to me. The other day, I felt the urge to pull off at the side of Cazenovia Lake. Fall has taken a…

Castle from a different angle

The castle that is really Syracuse Universithy’s Crouse College has been a photo favorite of mine for years. Walking to the Friday night Orange college football game against Clemson, I was able to capture it from a different angle in different light. I never get enough of this place’s aura.

Rest well, pops

My dear wife Karen was a bit unsettled when I got home from work recently. She obviously had something out of the ordinary to tell me. We’d received a package, she said, leading me up the stairs to the guest room. It was covered with brown paper for shipping. I saw the word Cremains stamped…

Let’s hear it for the Children’s Hospital

For Friday night’s Syracuse college football game against Clemson, my dear wife Karen and I decided to take a different walking route up to the Carrier Dome. It took us past the Golisano Children’s Hospital at Upstate Medical University. As dusk falls on the Syracuse University hill, this sure is a striking sight. I’m glad…

This Wonder Woman needs to conquer a world of trouble

Comic book lovers and TV viewers of a certain vintage certainly are no strangers to the powers of Wonder Woman. The Princess of the Amazon brought justice to the DC Comics world, starting way back in 1941. With Lynda Carter wearing the title costume, she vanquished villains for three seasons from 1975 to 1979, the…

Syracuse rocks the Dome old-school with the Clemson win

The radio talk show guys were wondering what Syracuse’s 27-24 upset over Clemson on the night of Friday the 13th compared to in the Orange’s Carrier Dome history. They were young post-game hosts, a former player from this decade and a radio station guy not far removed from his SU graduation. So their frame of…

Everything’s still coming up roses

My dear wife Karen did a great job this season with the backyard gardens at A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. Our first summer definitely delighted the gardener in her. The roses, in fact, had October blooms in them. So she clipped the pretty pink plant and placed some under the flat…

Looking good for class

My dear wife Karen embraces her Central Service Processing class at BOCES with much enthusiasm. In a few months, she’ll be starting a new career, making sure surgical equipment is thoroughly cleaned for surgeons. Last week, the teacher took the class on a field trip to three on the local hospitals. She wants the students…