A lot of folks enjoy the Stroll at Lights on the Lake

This was the biggest crowd my dear wife Karen and I ever encountered during our now traditional walks along Lights on the Lake. We knew it from about a mile down the road from A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville on Monday night, after she tooted her horn in the driveway to…

Supermoon over A Bitty Better

A Bitty Better makes a good backdrop for a Supermoon. Our first phenomena in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville delivered a fairly stupendous shot of the sky above our new home. I called my dear wife Karen out around 9:30 this evening of Monday, Nov. 14, 2016, a night when the moon is closest to…

And so Leon Russell says to me …

The year is 1999, and Leon Russell is coming to perform at the New York State Blues Festival in downtown Syracuse’s Clinton Square. I bag a phone interview to write a preview story for the big daily. So in my preparation, I see that Mr. Russell doesn’t do many interviews any more. In fact, some…

Lights on the Lake takes on a different feel this year

The Lights on the Lake stroll is scheduled for Monday night. The dog walk comes Tuesday. Wednesday night, it’s open for vehicles until the New Year. This I was assured from a quick lunchtime walk during a crisp noontime this week. The past two years, my dear wife Karen and I have taken in the…

Digging the fall colors around Galeville

I’ve been able to let Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle walk me around the blocks surrounding A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville almost every day since we moved in. It’s a colorful place this time of year. For a day or two, at least. I can’t leave my iPhone 6 in my…

Happy Veterans Day, with honor and gratitude

A couple of miles up the road from where I work and live, there’s quite a striking sight in front of the Wegmans supermarket. The Flags of Honor and Gratitude surely make for an impressive collection. The premised for the past several weeks: Folks can sponsor a flag in the array in the name of…

The new lawn sure mows up nice

I halfway had it in my noggin while I was marching in all our bins across it that the first time I’d mow the lawn at A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville would be sometime in the spring of 2017. As the man who ran for president said so many times in…