Maybe I’ll try one of their non-beers

Walking recently in downtown Syracuse, I noticed the logo for an old joke-telling emporium on a corner awning. Oh, yes, Wise Guys Comedy Club. I recall seeing many comics at a handful of different spots around Syracuse during my decades as a Central New Yorker. At this corner? I remember eating at various restaurants here.…

Judi Dench wrings really old sorrow out of Red Joan

Milita Norwood went through her golden years as quietly as she could, a retired British servant who’d given to her country proudly and humbly. Then that shoe everybody talks about fell. Heck, two shoes. An anvil. Red Joan is taken from a real-life tale, they say, though the movie directed by Trevor Nunn from Lindsay…

A big, cold moon over Tipp Hill

My dear wife Karen and I went out to meet friends for a burger and beverage at the Blarney Stone early Saturday evening. When we stepped out into the weekend chill, I had to strip my gloves and clutch my iPhone 8. The big moon over Syracuse’s Tipperary Hill neighborhood simply was magnificent. And then…

Be gone, snow piles

They didn’t want to let it pile up in the Village of Liverpool. I was surprised on a recent work break walk to notice workers amid the snow hauling process even though only a few inches had piled up. They were getting ready for a bigger snow to come later. Which, of course, it did…

Snow Day! Time to stay home and be safe

The cell phone text bing brought the message that still throws an extra beat into the heart. Snow day! My library director decided it best to stay closed today. We had freezing rain overnight. Snow started topping that several hours before sunrise. Didn’t those two words make you think of spending the next eight or…

Gone but not forgotten

The workers at Onondaga Lake Park did a good job of spiriting away the decorations from Lights on the Lake 2020. A work break walk this week showed that some remnants remain.

Hopeful ducks

Groundhog Day 2020 has passed, and old Phil told us spring will be arriving early. It was nice enough on Feb. 3 to take an 11 a.m. work break walk along Onondaga Lake. The pair of ducks out for a swim were hoping that the groundhog will be correct.