Quiet time
Our neighboring Town of Salina offices usually bustle with activity. Not even on a weekday morning in The New Normal.
Thank you, lake view
On my work breaks, I can no longer take that coveted stroll along the Onondaga Lake Park path with my Liverpool Public Library colleagues. Instead I seek 15 minutes of serenity in my neighborhood. I have the lake down there. It is a peaceful view, thankfully, very much.
It was not a passenger plane
Stepping out the front door during a work break, something up high caught my eye. A plane. People are not flying much during the New Normal, I read online and see on newscasts. This aircraft looked other-than-passenger. We do have those that protect stationed at Syracuse Hancock International. But this had a vintage look from…
What are the biggest changes you’ve made for The New Normal?
It’s been a week now that my library job is taking place at home. The governor of New York State and County Executive of Onondaga County said all libraries should close their doors to the public as our fight against COVID-19 escalated. Life is changing quickly every day, it seems, even while staying in place.…
Award-winning rescue mutt
My dear wife Karen had to order a package to arrive in the mail from our cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle. She know how much the dog would like opening the darn thing up. And playing with the toy inside. No to mention wearing the award necklace. The Barkies were a big…
It really piled up
I ventured out and around the house when the sun came up to check out how much snow had arrived throughout yesterday. Out front I saw plenty. Our plow guy had waited until the end of the day. The town plow had given him plenty extra to pile up at the end of our driveway.…
Just before the light
Even working from home, I rise before the sun. No matter that I cut driving time out of my schedule, trim the making-of-the-lunch from my routine. So I grabbed the iPad Pro and went out back with our cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle to check out the backyard mood before we greet…
It didn’t take long for the snowy side of spring
As i woke up for the second work week at home as well as the week two of spring, I was greeted to another new arrival. I had heard that some white stuff could be coming on the weather forecast, but I had no idea it would stick this much. The lawn and cars are…
Can Jolie’s Maleficent match Pfeiffer’s really evil Queen Ingrith in this Disney follow-up?
Disney could not let this sleeping beauty lie fallow. Maleficent and its winged star played by Angelina Jolie was just too darn successful back in 2014. So we got the crowded story of Maleficent: Mistress of Evil, a sequel that serves up a truly wicked queen played by another star of note, Michelle Pfeiffer. This…
So close yet so far away
It wasn’t too long ago that the backyard pool was covered with snow and ice. My dear wife Karen has already talked with the pool company rep. The weekend before Memorial Day. We are optimistic, yes.
Mark Bialczak 