Falling Inn Love shows off the charms of New Zealand

Picture if you will a hard-working woman totally unsatisfied with her job. Her boyfriend. Her life, really. Online she stumbles upon a contest where the top prize is an inn tucked into the hills of New Zealand. (I’d think it was some sort of a scam, but, you know, the movies …) Anyway, she wins,…

More cheer from our yellow flowers

We were able to appreciate a warm late-April-like day Saturday, with our Central New York temperatures at last reaching into the 60s. It surely has been an up-and-down spring, with several runs of snow, including just this mid-week. A check around our yard yields yellow as the primary color. The front is vibrant with it.…

Holding pattern

When we received news from the director that we’d be working from home, I made sure to check out a big supply of library books. I envisioned a stay-at-home portion of my life that would include something akin to A Big Read. Here we are, a month-plus-in and counting for the can’t-go-anywhere portion of our…

A wonderful find on the shelf

My dear wife Karen came across hand sanitizer during a recent necessary grocery store stop. And not just any hand sanitizer. She was able to bring home two large bottles of the elixir produced at the local plant switched over from a distillery by the good folks at apple orchard complex Beak and Skiff. We…

Somebody else took aim

Our bowling league was called off early this year because of the virus crisis. It would have ended this month. I had written this post before the cancellation. I found it interesting to find a photographer using our Thursday Night Men’s League at Bowling Green as her focus. Roland behind the desk told us on…

Somebody else took aim

The lot is flattened

A walk around the blocks recently revealed the knocked-down house has been reduced to a flat lot. May the progress continue.

Dogs need to feel safe, too

Neighbors in the Village of Liverpool know there have been plenty of dog walkers in these days, too. This would make me wag my tail if I had one.

When they label this Jumanji: The Next Level, they speak the truth

When a studio goes back for another bucket from the well, movie-watchers will wonder if what comes up this Time will quench their need, cue the gag reflex, or maybe even make them thirst for more. Director and co-writer Jake Kasdan has come up with a refreshing tale in Jumanji: The Next Level. With screenplay…

Good to get out to the big park

My dear wife Karen and I were mostly able to carve our own space at Onondaga Lake Park on Easter Sunday. Some folks on the trails were not wearing masks at they walked, biked or skated. What were they thinking, we asked ourselves. Others did. We kept to six feet away. And went to water’s…