Thank you, Captain David Wright

While baseball fans concentrate on the excitement of the playoffs, I must tip my hat in tribute to my captain. Thank you, David Wright. My New York Mets set up one heck of a special nights for their third baseman on the next-to-last game of the regular season. For those of you keeping score at…

Food, crafts and family time are A-OK

When my terrific daughter Elisabeth texted the notion that she and sensational significant George Three wanted my dear wife Karen and I to go To a food truck and craft fest with them, how could we turn that down? Good choice. I’d never been to the sports complex in Baldwinsville, but Karen knew exactly where…

The pineapple tree is a two-year process

George Three discovered news about the Pineapple Tree he gave to my dear wife Karen for Mother’s Day. It takes two years for the fruit to grow to full size, he found out on The Google. Now we have something to look forward to after the summer of 2019. Very soon it be cold enough…

A dog and her toys

Sometimes I look around A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville and think … … Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle is a bit spoiled. She has her own living room bin filled with doggie toys. She’s allowed to pull them out at her own will. Yes, our cherished rescue mutt is allowed to…

Deciding about socks

Yes, fashion, it does swing back and forth. I remember when I was growing up, I used to cringe when my dad pulled out his high work socks, always dark-colored, with his shorts. Teen-aged me would only wear my white, gym-class-style socks with any or all type of shorts. (Cut-off jeans were in then, by…

A new spot for the Hawaii hanging fish

I noticed a change of location in A Bitty Better for the hanging fish from Hawaii. They’ve gone from the space between the living room and kitchen to the window in the upstairs guest room. More light to bounce in the blue and green sparkle.

Melissa McCarthy sweetly returns to college as Life of the Party

So a middle-aged set of parents drop their daughter off for her senior year at college, and as soon as they reach the car for the ride back home, hubby tells the wife that he wants a divorce. In the hands of Melissa McCarthy and her real-life husband Ben Falcone, this is quite fertile ground…

Lovely look on the Syracuse University hill

Why I like the 4 p.m. start time for Syracuse football games, continued … In early autumn, the departure time from the contest gave my dear wife Karen and I a lovely view of a certain glow around and coming from Crouse College.

Let’s go Orange sunset

As Syracuse prepares to take on formidable Clemson at noon today, I take you back to the walk down the hill from the Carrier Dome for my dear wife Karen and I one week ago. Syracuse beat Connecticut 51-21 inside. The sun agreed that Orange was the color of the moment. The moment spread gloriously…

Her day in the sun

Do not tell our cherished rescue mutt that fall is here. Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle wants to stretch out the days on her futon under the covered alcove at A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. And who can blame her?