Hooray for another walk up the Syracuse University hill

My dear wife Karen and I were more than ready for our first walk up the big hill for another college football season. We kept up with our traditions, starting with pulling into the same lot on West Genesee Street at the bottom of University Avenue. Quickly we noted that our friend who collects the…

Dang, I did see Burt Reynolds in Syracuse

So I meet my old friend Tom Honan this morning for a quick chat so he can fill me in on some cool things he’s doing with his Live Space Entertainment company – Tom Chapin and the Chapin Sisters benefit for the Food Bank of Central New York on Sept 21 at the Palace Theatre!…

Time for some backyard blanket cleanup

We thought we had a great idea when the old heater that came with the big backyard pool when we moved into A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville went on the fritz in year one. My dear wife Karen ordered us a solar blanket. We tried it. Not so much for us.…

Bring on the Carrier Dome and Orange football

The Syracuse Orange plays its first college football home game of the season this afternoon. My dear wife Karen and I will be happily walking up the hill to seats again for the third season under head coach Dino Babers. Thanks for the personal letter, Coach! Oh, that went out to every season ticket holder…

This text get an extra half hour from my dear wife

My dear wife Karen was working the later Friday shift, meaning she’s get home from the eye place after my arrival at A Bitty Better from the library. What’s that, I see on my phone after I feed Elle B aka Dogamous Pyle? A text saying that my wife is running late. I set up…

Now we’re really ready for guests

Since we moved into A Bitty Better, my dear wife Karen and I had the look of a welcoming spot in the upstairs room. Really, though … It was two spare single box springs stacked upon each other with a spread on top to look OK. Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle didn’t mind resting on…

I hope this chair lasts longer, Ellie B

When you have a dog … … maybe the best-looking chair is not the perfect choice. And so the cool first piece for A Bitty Better’s living room lasted just less than two years in the living room. The trip to the big furniture store’s clearance center led to a great discovery of a similar-colored…

The large and small of it for Centro

My dear wife Karen and I were waiting for a ride on a Centro bus at the New York State Fair when I spotted a Centro car parked a few dozen feet behind its larger cousin. The comparison between the two hit me, as, well, as somewhat humorous. But maybe it was just me.