Two busy trails

It was 90 degrees and not even noon on a recent Saturday at Onondaga Lake Park. My safe walk showed me that people want to be out and about.

Words and thoughts of James Baldwin compel in I Am Not Your Negro

Raoul Peck directed I Am Not Your Negro from the words and mind of James Baldwin in 2016. Baldwin is the notable Black author who died in 1987 at the age of 63. In these 95 precious minutes of filmmaking, Peck starts with a clip of Baldwin’s 1968 appearance with TV talk show host Dick…

Now they relax

I kept my mask on during a recent safe stroll through Onondaga Lake Park. Some folks using the picnic benches … no. The benches were all at least six feet apart.

Onondaga Lake Marina boats seem just fine

As we head into August, it’s satisfying to note that this boat season at the Onondaga Lake Marina remains afloat. After such a slow start because of the virus crisis, the owners who have brought their boats seem committed. The weather has brought plenty of boat days, that’s for sure. Hot, hot, hot.

Almost singular

The Rose of Sharon seem to be keeping to themselves this year.

A keeper regardless

My dear wife Karen has let this grow tall. I don’t know if it’s a weed or a plant, but I definitely dodged it with the mower. Don’t want to anger Jack or the Giant, either. And now she tells me, it’s a sunflower and we’re waiting for the flower part!

Take your pick and stay safe

My dear wife Karen has established three distinct seating areas in our wonderful backyard oasis. Best for social distancing and everybody’s safety if and when the kids and/or neighbors Georgia and Bert come over for a bit.

Cool contrasts

Suddenly I appreciated the lie of the purple pointing out the glory of the red roses out front. Thanks for the direction.

So much will hit you when you watch the blatant racism in Just Mercy

The decade in which the incidents that Just Mercy are based upon is the 1980s. The year the film directed by Destin Daniel Cretton from his screenplay with Andrew Lanham was released was 2019. Yet oh, how this is a story for today. This docu-drama tells the story of Walter “Johnnie B” McMillian, an Alabama…