The first sprouts of spring make me happy

So much cold and snow around our Galeville neighborhood in Liverpool this winter. And, yes, even another helping at the start of spring. Yet the green is prevailing in the front yard of A Bitty Better. Even the bulbs she transplanted in the fall, says my dear wife Karen. Soon will come a big growth…

Everybody makes nicey-nice as the Mets visit the Carrier Dome

The New York Mets players and their Central New York fans got along well Tuesday afternoon in the Carrier Dome. A crowd I thought to be somewhat comparable to a Syracuse University spring football game watched the players get ready for Thursday’s season-opener in D.C. against the Washington Nationals with plenty of enthusiasm. (On the…

To meet the Mets in the Carrier Dome, I’ll take the day off from work, Noah Syndergaard

Some of my New York Mets told reporters they will not welcome the trip to Syracuse to visit the city that will now be home to the organization’s Triple-A squad. I’ve already taken the day off from work, enthusiastic to welcome the major leaguers for their workout in Syracuse University’s Carrier Dome. Off to the…

We know Dwayne Johnson can play strong guys, but Skyscraper may stretch the limit

Bad guys foiled by the guy played by Dwayne Johnson? Now that’s a comfortable enough fit for The Rock. Yet still, an eyebrow might be raised at what director and writer Rawson Marshall Thurber put the harried guy by the name of Will Sawyer through in Skyscraper. Maybe both eyebrows. Sawyer, a former FBI guy,…

Chicken Parm from a skillet can shine

Chicken parm in a skillet was the way Marley and Me instructed my dear wife Karen to prepare our third and final freebie from the big box. With the pasta and spinach as the side, it surely and happily filled me up. Now, will we order it when we have to pay? I can’t quite…

Succulent shrimp

I might raise an eyebrow about shrimp sent to my house in a box. Marley cured me of that cautious streak. At least the way my dear wife Karen prepared the shrimp, pasta and zucchini that was meal two of our three freebies.

Yes on the steak

The first Marley freebie whipped up by my dear wife Karen featured sliced steak as the centerpiece. Delicious, it was. Portion size, generous. The mashed and green beans did me right, too. Check yes on meal one of three.

Run that one up the flag

I dare think the visitors that day had their run of the place. As spring hits, soon the place will be overrun with people.

and slip away

Go back to the dead of winter on this first day of spring, why don’t we?

Hello again, Marley and Me

My dear wife Karen and I have tussled with a few of those dinner-box-services in the past few months. She started us off with Dinnerly, three meals shipped to the doorstep of A Bitty Better for Tuesday arrival. It was the least expensive. We found it … acceptable. Once in a while, the big box…