Happy Fourth of July

I’m thinking that our Fourth of July will include backyard time with the backyard pool swimming and a bit of outdoor beanbag tossing. May you find the place and activities that help you be happy.

I spy a vibrant hydrangea

We saw the beginning of many lovely pink hydrangea blooms during Cape Cod Getaway 2021. And now this beauty blooms come the summer, noted during my library job in the Village of Liverpool. I’d put it up against any of the Cape Cod plants.

What’s to come back up the hill?

My safe walk done, I turn back toward the rest of the day. I parked my car in the library’s underground garage, where a solid day of satisfying work awaits. First will come a stroll through two blocks of the Village of Liverpool. I’ll breathe all of it in.

Hello, Betsy!

A bit back we were invited over to our friends’ Georgia and Bert’s place for a backyard picnic. I got to meet their new rescue pup, Betsy. She may have stuck her head into some places dogs will always go. That’s what bottle caps are for, I say. She was up for spirited backyard games,…

Adding to our good time in Cape Cod

When the four of us were perusing the good in a store in Chatham during our Cape Cod Getaway 2021, my eyes struck a truly fantastic item hanging in their buy-something-for-your-wall section. I stared and pictured it making the trip from Massachusetts to Central New York. I must have been in that one spot a…

Found: one more Cape Cod dad and dog photo

My dear wife Karen sent me a text and a photo. She’d found a great picture she’d taken of our cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I when the three of us were walking the beach of Cape Cod a few weeks back. Yes, it is quite a beautiful moment.

A look at the old Valley View House today

Back in 2014, I wrote a Throwback piece about my heritage that included memories of family vacations at a Polish resort in the Catskills. I couldn’t remember its name back then. Readers pitched in, including family members of that place, who wrote in to inform me that its name was The Valley View House. Others…