Rise high, strawberry moon

Ripe in our sky. My dear wife Karen came in from the backyard just now and said I might want to go out and take a look at the rising moon. Indeed, the strawberry moon was rising bright, full and clear over the back fence and under the tree line. Lovely, shape and color. Thank…

Wasn’t it only yesterday?

Tom and Dave flank me today at King David’s Restaurant. Yes, 40-plus years can go by like the blink of an eye. It was indeed back in the 1980s when sports editor Tom Boll hired me at The Syracuse Post-Standard as his assistant. A year later, David Elfin joined the staff to cover the Syracuse…

Welcome, summer sunset

Gorgeous in her neighborhood. Look outside, said the text from excited daughter Elisabeth. Her accompanying photo old me she’s already stepped from the front door of her and George’s house a mile down the road. The sunset on our first official day of summer was breathtaking, indeed. Pretty ribbon. I quick-walked down past the building…

Still rooting for the Mets

Let’s Go Mets! Yes, I’m still kicking around, rooting for the New York Mets. A big fan, too. Terrific daughter Elisabeth and wonderful George Three even acquired a blow-up Mr. Met for their lawn cook-outs this warm season of 2026. My dear wife Karen and I like it! Enough for me to bounce back here…