Solved mysteries

My friend Paul Curran is using our space here on Sunday morning to present his weekly Cuppa so his usual host Willow at willowdot21 can do other things over in the U.K. Paul will write here in his wonderful and unique style through September. Take it away, Paul, from your home in Canada. AFTERNOON-TEA-AT-GIBSON-THE-YACHT, London…

Shift Happens to the Best of Us

They threw a big party for one of my former teachers down in North Carolina in July. “Big Jer” is what those of us who are part of the cult of journalism that connects those who set foot upon the campus of the little college in Morrisville, N.Y., with the pursuit of the that honored…

A couple of roses as Karen cleans up the front

My dear wife Karen got out front of the Little Bitty and went to work. She loves her gardening. And thus our yard in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood looks better now than it did last week. First off, she chopped away the grass that had overgrown our stone walk that juts off the…

It’s time to kick off college football, finally

On Monday night at some point, I’ll click over the widescreen to check out how defending national champion Ohio State is making out in its season opener at Virginia Tech. Yeah, the Big Ten squad has many good quarterbacks, but the Hokies of the ACC is a very sneaky squad at home at night. Friday…

Bubbling over at the New York State Fair

It’s State Fair time in Syracuse, and the topic came up last week when I spent Sunday morning playing golf and eating breakfast with my daughter Elisabeth and Georges Three and Two. I told her my dear wife Karen and I planned to attend both Sundays. It’s a shared interest, that dusty collection of food…

In No Escape, a family man faces the worst

If you’re thinking about traveling to Asia, don’t see No Escape. If you’re about to take your family to a different country, don’t see No Escape. If you’ve just taken a new job and are about to relocate to another city, don’t see No Escape. Come to think of it, just don’t go see No…