I’ll carry Aretha’s music in my head and my heart

Aretha Franklin was one of the greatest voices in music. Some would say the. I was lucky enough to witness the depth and breadth of her soul three times. Two of the reviews I wrote as a music critic for the big daily were quoted by syracuse.com the day our Queen of Soul left our…

A major helping of Southside, with a touch of Aretha

The Thursday morning text from KP called for a trip with Bake to Norwich that night to catch a free show by Southside Johnny and the Asbury Jukes. My morning break at the library allowed me a quick query to my dear wife Karen to ask her what she thought about me going out on…

The procession of baby birds continues

On a recent work break walk, we caught mama bird leading her brood from the street to the sidewalk in our Village of Liverpool street adjacent to the library. Everybody and everything stopped for them. That is my best wish, anyway. Mama decided they’d had enough of sidewalk.

Baby bunny visits our front yard

Karen told me to go to the window with my iPhone 8 very, very quietly. A baby bunny was visiting. So we get the cute little rabbit shot through the screen. I knew I could open the front door and approach or Bugs would hop away. Tiny!

Our cup at work

Nathan works the next department over at the library. He hears Edina and I talk, plan, take our daily dash to Dunkin’ for our morning cup o’. And so he walked over with a sign of our times. Up on the board behind my work spot it hangs proudly.

Much action at the local film hub

My dear wife Karen and I heard a lot of big bangs a weekend ago. We wondered where they were having a fireworks display so late, what with our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville being smack dab in the middle of many places where they hold these things. But, no, we found out when we visited…

Amy Schumer shows her fearless side in I Feel Pretty

Picture a woman going about her working life for a glamorous fashion company … on the IT side, pushed into a two-person office in a dark, dank basement. Picture this woman posing for a dating app photo with her pair equally not-so-cutting edge besties, a trio getting their hopes up as they snap away, imagining…

You can’t beat an outdoor drink

It’s been so warm this summer around A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville that my dear wife Karen and I figured we better put out a second drinking bowl of water for Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle. After some sorting, the best place for dog and humans has turned out to be…