Another great gift from my dear wife

My dear wife Karen told me I’d have to wait a bit for my final anniversary gift this year. She’d ordered special, you see, to mark our tin-and-aluminum milestone. Perfect. The sign that arrived by post marks the exact distance from A Bitty Better in our Liverpool neighborhood in Galeville to our New York Mets’…

Large and larger

Our neighbors put the boats in their driveway in what I expect is their fall ritual. The red boat seems really big. Until you see the blue boat. I wonder if they ever race?

Can the Orange get another crowd that looks kind of big?

When the college football folks announced that the Syracuse football team’s home game against North Carolina State would be a 7 p.m. start two Saturdays ago, my thought was, at last. Finally, we were away from that noon kickoff. Maybe now more fannies would find the Carrier Dome seats. When my dear wife Karen and…

Night games look different

The march up the Syracuse University hill took a different aura for the 7 p.m. start for the Orange’s game against North Carolina State two weeks ago. The lighting looked cool going up. And the fans looked ambitious on the way to it all.

The swans stayed

On a recent work walk with my library colleagues, we spotted the big white birds in Onondaga Lake again. I dashed out to the shoreline, thrilled that the two swans were closer to land than when we spotted them months ago. Still I tried to zoom in. The lighting had the birds blending in with…

The village of Lake George looks nice in the chill

An autumn morning in Lake George can be quite chilly. Split between blue-and-gray with blowing winds. And still pretty. My dear wife Karen walked the shore after checking out from Cresthaven Lodge. The big boats were still taking folks out on the water, we could see and hear. We chose the foot route before some…

A pretty place in Lake George

My dear wife Karen and I did not have to get back into the car to have a great first night in Lake George. The walk around the grounds at Cresthaven Lodge was amazing. The place had many finer points. We saw one gentleman retreated from the pool. Or maybe it was the beach. Yes,…