Happy New Year from Central New York

As we ring in a New Year, great well wishes come from our part of the world from my dear wife Karen, cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I. May 2021 bring all safety and health.

Advent Beers, Part III

Here’s the third batch of the beers I enjoyed one per night from my terrific daughter Elisabeth and George’s Advent Christmas present. Happy New Year’s Event. I hope everybody is staying safe and well as we ring in the end of this 2020 and prepare to welcome in 2021.

Just add kids

The children’s playground across the road is ready for kids. I notice the bus picking the little ones up at the end of their long weekday of daycare, and I am happy about that.

Advent beers part two

I didn’t want to show you all 25 of my Christmas Advent beers at once. Here’s the second grouping of the variety that I opened one package a morning and drank one beer each evening, starting Dec. 1. Thanks to the selection of my terrific daughter Elisabeth, this was.

In Belushi, we relive the mighty ups and downs of a true force of genius

If you grew up in a certain generation in America, the work of John Belushi most certainly entered your life wave after comic wave. The guy with the arching eyebrows came to my TV screen on with the cast of <em>Saturday Night Live</em> on the cusp of my college days, so I was very much…

No bah nor humbug

It’s not late enough in the winter for me to be too annoyed at spotting a little snow early in the morning.

Frosty day

They’re looking good in the Village of Liverpool. That made me feel fairly frosty during a recent safe stroll during a work break at my library job.

Holiday cheers to all

My terrific daughter Elisabeth and sensational significant George Three hauled to me a gift this year with instructions to unwrap one per day starting Dec. 1. My advent beers have been magnificent, carefully chosen by Elisabeth, a different brew every dang day. I have opened one every morning and savored the elixir each evening. Thank…

A little flower power?

That last rose really didn’t want to completely wilt. Just saying.

Tree and more

Thanks to our new neighbors to the left, a different sight has settled in beyond the border fence as we settle into winter. Next to the big tree is now … yes … that is a food truck, we believe, parked snugly in the backyard. Come spring maybe we shall spy it out on the…