Smarter than that?

As we enjoyed a sunny day with a walk around our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville, our cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle seemed to scoff at the idea that she be lumped in with the preschool kids, even by Da’s photo association. Too smart, her stance told me. Then we continued onward and…

Are you safe as we spring ahead?

They say you should check the batteries of your smoke detectors when you change the clocks. We just sprung ahead. I went out and bought a new multi-gas gadget and one more smoke detector. The old plug-in had very recently gone on the fritz, beeping and flashing when indeed there was no need. This we…

A Kid Like Jake doesn’t quite know where to go

Things are going quite well for this urban family in the Big Apple as psychologist dad does his figuring out at the office, former-attorney mom happily stays home to raise their son and said kid Jake has a fine time creatively dressing up as his favorite story characters, in his room and with the other…

A morning visitor

As my dear wife Karen enjoys her winter girls getaway trip to Florida, I await her photo-filled texts back home at A Bitty Better in our Galeville neighborhood in Liverpool. A morning visitor outside their rental house, she explained. Wow. A walk around the blocks, with sunshine and flowers. Wow, wow.

Good advice

There are winter warnings put out by the official weather folks. Wow, we’ve wobbled through lots of these this winter. And then there is this humorous cone used by the folks at our Wegmans market. Thank you for at least making me smile through our icy days.

Leading in style

We walked a lot during Library Advocacy Day, all around the building where our elected officials lead New York state’s government. I took a moment with my iPhone 8 as we walked between our meetings to capture the beauty and grandeur of the place. I tried to take the stairs over the elevators when possible.…

Ahead of the traffic

I know that the able driver who took our group from Syracuse to Albany last week for Library Advocacy Day had a good head on his shoulders. It’s just that the angle from my seat was a bit jarring because of the way he draped his jacket over the back of his seat. Yes, the…

Bowling with the kids

My terrific daughter Elisabeth has rekindled her interest in bowling. She and sensational significant George Three have been taking fantastic nephew Mason to learn the sport. To mark the occasion of the arrival of her new bowling ball and shoes, she asked if I’d like to join them for an open bowling session on Saturday…

Take us out to the Syracuse Mets ball game

Before we went into NBT Bank Stadium for Saturday’s Syracuse Mets open house, we stood with a tight know of other fans waiting for the ticket windows to open to start individual game ticket sales for the 2019 season. Most of the fans wore blue-and-orange Mets gear to celebrate this first season of togetherness between…