My sunset over the lake snippet

Thank you for a lovely downward arc. I’ve owed you all this scene of the sun saying so long over the winter lake snippet we get at the end of our block’s downhill turn. There you go. I like it.

When the hat fits

Ready for winter. It did not take long for terrific daughter Elisabeth to final her second version of my New York Mets Big Apple home run winter hat. It fits my noggin’ perfectly. Now I have a great winter hat for my part of the world. Fantastic Christmas gift, indeed. Thank you so much for…

Oh, from the left

Rolling my way. I was the first car to the flashing lights on the main road to my library job the other morning, and cautious man I am, I stopped instead of crossing before the gate dropped. I expected the train to roll into my life from the right, as usual when I’m halted at…

Flying by and standing still

Lance, me and Craig. Some folks in this life you meet and the friendship just sticks. Lance messaged me via Facebook a few weeks ago with the very good news that he and his wife Anne would be in town to visit family, which includes his brother-in-law Craig, happily married for a good, long time…

Fresh as a daisy

Perfect house spot picking. Terrific daughter Elisabeth is having a great time appreciating bringing the daisies left from the previous owners in from the garden to the new house for a safe winter. They really like the spot she picked inside the door. My dear wife Karen and I are enjoying her home ownership little…

Go fetch, dog

Yes, your gifts, cherished rescue mutt. Our lovely dog had her own gifts to open on the big day. And Ellie will be able to pick these out of her big bin of toys until her next batch of gifts arrive, no doubt about it. What did you get for Christmas, Ellie? is the only…

Out with the new, in with the old

So many garbage pails. The Town of Salina delivered to residents two hulking new garbage pails. Instructions told us that a new haulers would take the huge green one for recyclables and black one for regular trash once a week come this new year. Same day as the old haulers took our own pails and…