Where the lake meets the trees

At Onondaga Lake Park, the shoreline has some stately trees. This specimen here embraces my spirits every walk past. It seems to have every angle covered. The felled log even appears to lie in tribute. The monthly Pokemon crowd is now adding to the proud history of the park, and the trees will stand tall…

Onondaga Like sits quite close to the city of Syracuse

One of my favorite sights when I walk on the shores of Onondaga Lake is to look to the east and spot the Syracuse skyline. When Elisabeth and George invited me along to Onondaga Lake Park for their August edition of Pokemon Community Day, we ended up at the best spot for me to admire…

My Pokemon chasers look good around Onondaga Lake

My fantastic daughter Elisabeth and her sensational significant George Three make the monthly Pokemon Go community day a must-go on their calendar. That makes me happy because my community of Liverpool is a hub for the buggers. For the August event, I agreed to stroll around Onondaga Lake Park behind them as they chased their…

Why didn’t I think of the bottom result?

My dear wife Karen couldn’t sit still when it came to improving our cushion situation in the backyard of A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. As usual, I just sat down on the ones left behind by the previous owner, not thinking about looks or feel. But now I appreciate the upgrade…

That ride to see Southside with KP and Bake stirred loose my Springsteen moment

So I’m riding in the back of Bake’s car winding through Chenango County’s backroads and the first time I ever hear the glorious voice of Bruce Springsteen flashes through my brain. High school. Spanish class. Miss Carroll in a chair with her students. Margie Knapp placing her already cherished new album from a balladeer from…

I stumble upon an old farce, and Noises Off … makes me smile

Noises Off is a 1992 movie based upon a 1982 play that was centered upon the intertwined backstage lives of the actors in a fictitious play, a romp titled Nothing On. Got it? The movie, directed by Peter Bogdanovich from a screenplay by Marty Kaplan, is quite deliciously complicated at face value, yes. But it’s…

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!