Another good year for Advent beers

I made it widely known how much I enjoyed the gift of Advent beers from terrific daughter Elisabeth and George Three last year. Earlier this week George dropped off not one, but two boxes into our front alcove before he got to work. Yes, my dear wife Karen has 24 beers to sample from them,…

Pardon, you lost a piece of your car

You’d think they’d miss it. Spotted while strolling on a library work break during warmer and sunnier times: A big car underside piece, I think, sitting on the sidewalk smack dab in the middle of the Village of Liverpool. Usually the cleanup crew any sort of debris, big or small, up PDQ.

Woof if you’re confident parking

My work colleague at the library came back from a break walk and said she had a photo I might like for my blog. Text received … Love it! My text back: New driver Barkley practices in the Nichols parking lot.

What comes next for Orange and us?

With Syracuse University’s football season done with a record of 5-7 after Saturday’s 31-14 loss to the Pittsburgh Panthers, it’s the time for the higher-ups to answer questions. Yes, they brought back coach Dino Babers even though he has just that one 10-win season on his plus-side, and five losing seasons now to go with…

Ready for that final contest

Yes, the new lighting inside the Carrier Dome sure flashes things up for the pregame ceremonies, I thought just before the start of the season finale between the Syracuse Orange and Pittsburgh Panthers on Saturday night. Then as I looked around minutes before game time and noted all those empty seats, I noted that some…