Dog and DeMille on a quiet Sunday morning

A gray Sunday morning in Syracuse, N.Y., but Ellie B still longs for a walk. Oh, she’s had her time romping in her fenced-in backyard, but she knows that out that front window awaits the big, real world to sniff. I have other ideas. It’s a great time to get in some pages of “The…

One last mow turns fallen leaves into something smaller

Welcome to Mulch Madness. Most of the leaves around our house in Syracuse, N.Y., are down. Oh, there are some stragglers still up on the most stubborn of trees, but to my eyes, they’re far enough from our lawn proper to remain off our little piece of the earth after they fall. Saturday was indeed…

If you’re lucky, found really does follow lost

The universe talked directly to me this week. I was open to its lesson. Let’s call it “They Were Lost and Now They’re Found.” It starts with a vest finding its way back to Syracuse from Canada and ends with a blanket making the journey from Syracuse back to Georgia. Sit back and enjoy. We…

Muhammad Ali most inspired Matt Lauer; who would you pick?

On “Today” Thursday morning, Matt Lauer took his turn at this week’s feature. The on-air folk took turns revealing the person who’s most inspired them. The NBC morning man chose Muhammad Ali. Tape rolled. The world once again saw scenes from the boxing great’s life. Some were in black and white. They were paired with…

The walking trails along Onondaga Lake shouldn’t be a dirty little secret

Sometimes I let too much time go by between my visits to the shores of Onondaga Lake or the winding creek that feeds it. My view, you see, is that the body of water smack dab in the middle of New York State has lots going for it. Reputation be damned. My fellow Syracusans know…

What do you call the event to honor the best musicians in your city?

Perhaps you have heard of the Gramophone. That’s the machine invented to listen to recorded music. Alexander Graham Bell was involved. Then Emile Berliner came up with a process in 1887 that used records. Records evolved to black vinyl, topped with grooves. The early record players were equipped with a horn-shaped speaker of sorts. That’s…

Keep Calm and Strum On on Wooden Guitar Pick

See, Keep On and … is a money-maker. Told you!

Keep Calm and (I had fun filling in the blank)

Keep Calm and Go Orange, read the T-shirt on the student walking up the aisle in the Carrier Dome. Now, where have I seen that slogan before? As it turns out, the Syracuse fan’s shirt is just the latest in a parade of variations that have grown from the British pre-World War II slogan Keep…

I think it’s ‘About Time’ you check out the link for my weekly film reviews

On Mondays, my movie reviews run on the syracusenewtimes.com site. This weekend, I thoroughly enjoyed and appreciated “About Time.” The Brits have a winner with this romantic comedy. Because the Syracuse site has just undergone an extensive redesign, I thought today would be the right and proper time to share the link. http://www.syracusenewtimes.com/take-time-see-time/ By the…

Promote Your Blog

Promote Your Blog. This kind 20-year-old from Derby, England, offered up his 20,000-plus followers for a reblog. And I took him up on that offer. Thank you, Mr. Fox. I shall consider this a test of the power of reblogging. Have any of you followees/followers gone this route yet?