Enough with the snow already

Here’s what I saw after I walked out my front door in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville on Friday, April 20, 2018. And here’s what I had to deal with on my car before I could drive to the library for work. To say that winter has overstayed its welcome is the understatement of, well,…

Beverage wars?

On a recent trip to Syracuse mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA with my dear wife Karen, I couldn’t help but notice the side-by-side business of Kung Fu Tea and Finger Lakes Coffee Masters. On this Sunday afternoon, the aroma of coffee brewing far beat out any tea scents. We didn’t stop at…

A different perspective on lake houses

My co-workers Edina, Laura and I have picked up our break walk routines lately. They pointed out how several of the houses we pass on the short part of the trail at Onondaga Lake Park we’re able to navigate look really big on their back side. I agreed, and picked out the two I thought…

Why I like working at the library, continued

The other day one of my co-workers brought a tray of candy-covered strawberries to our second-floor work environs at the library. She laid them out on the common table with great care. Yes, that is ground-up Oreos that serves as the “dirt” under the tasty main dish. I did indeed snag one to savor. Thank…

I’ll spell it out for you

We went to Michael’s to buy picture frames, my dear wife Karen and I. One piece in the Wire Words display caught our eye. That Coffee piece fits well with our Dunkin‘ Donuts canister of daily ground, we think.

Everybody faces reality, and Auggie’s a true Wonder for so many

Nate and Isabel Pullman know they have something special with their son Auggie. The kid’s a true delight marching around in his NASA astronaut helmet, brandishing his love for space travel, Star Wars, video games, all things science. And, by the way, masking his facial deformities that came at birth, improved some by numerous operations,…

Nature vs. nurture

So my dear wife Karen, terrific daughter Elisabeth and sensational significant George Three are sitting around the living room of A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville, shooting the breeze and catching up on some TV we all like. Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, America’s hour of weeknight game show fun collected on…

Testudo, Kermit, meet Bake

My good friend Bake had the occasion to visit my alma mater for a convention this month. He asked me the day before his trip if I had any hot spots around campus that he shouldn’t miss. It’s been more decades than I’d like to admit since I roamed the beautiful spaces of College Park,…

I rolled along with the Limp Lizard squad this season

Don’t think that I skipped bowling this season. I just haven’t shared about the exploits of our Limp Lizard squad in the Thursday Night Men’s League at Bowling Green in North Syracuse, N.Y. You see, I got off to such a bad start way back in September … Putrid, really. As in, after the first…