Spoiler alert: These Kona glasses came from Pennsylvania

My terrific daughter Elisabeth and her sensational significant George Three did more than take me out to the Syracuse Chiefs baseball game and ply me with food and drink for Father’s Day. They zipped over to the house with a nicely wrapped present the next day as well. Holiday proper, and I was smiling again.…

The pool is dry

The pool guy came with a big hose to continue in the process of getting the pool ready for this summer off 2018. Out came all the dirty water that got past the covers over the winter and settle under the crack lines. With it drained, the old liner can come out and the new…

We’ll have that pool ready soon

The steps guy made a visit to our backyard in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville as my dear wife Karen continued her quest to get the pool up and running in our second summer in A Bitty Better. He came all the way from Albany to apply his special process to fix the cracks in…

The mend continues

At the Syracuse Chiefs game last weekend, Elisabeth and George were arguing about which wrist bone he’d hurt. I threw out metacarpal and hamate. Nope. Not even close. Actually, I’m must glad he’s cast-free and very close to total freedom, this being summer and all.

Cheering the Chiefs with the kids

When Elisabeth asks if I want to go see the Syracuse Chiefs, it’s easy to decide. No plans. Yes, my terrific daughter, I will join you and George Three the night before Father’s Day at the old ballyard. I noticed in the parking lot that George had cool decorations for his new desk at work…

My first Chiefs game of the year was a hit

Syracuse Chiefs baseball with KP and Bake sure was a nice way to break in a new season. My idea for the three of us to park our cars near the road by the Carousel entrance to Destiny USA turned out to be a good one. Syracuse’s mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex is just…

Don’t assume who’s the hero and villain in The Shape of Water

It’s 1962 and, wow, the War is cold. Spies are everywhere. Enemies are known and unknown. And so a lab is brimming with intrigue in Baltimore as director Guillermo Del Toro sets up The Shape of Water from his screenplay written with Vanessa Taylor. We have scientists teamed with government officials and regular folk trying…

Happy Father’s Day, way back and less back

Father’s Day is for memories. Your mind goes back to the man who gave you this life. Sweet, some. Bittersweet, some. How did you feel about Father’s Day, dad? Pop Pop passed when he was hardly 50, you were barely 30 and I was yet to reach my teens. I don’t remember the three of…