A furnace story

Thank you for your service. Toward the end of 2023, our furnace made some threatening noises and then … Nothing. On a weekend, of course. The local heating company sent over their on-call person to poke around our basement. He pointed out our equipment had served 27 years. My dear wife Karen and I had…

Yes, both

Out there, nothing. Come winter, Onondaga Lake Park in the morning can look lovely and lonely at the same time.

Now we’re cooking

Fitting. Just because life happens, the newest appliance in our kitchen decided it had problems. Our stove didn’t want to work right anymore. Faced with the decision of X to fix or X plus a little to replace, well, the new stove is making my dear wife Karen and I pretty darn happy. We especially…

Winter snap

Looking out our front door after the recent biggest snow of the year so far, I spy our dogwood tree carrying its seasonal burden.

OK, winter

That’s more like it. From 5 p.m. Saturday until hours past my walk-up time the next morning, the snow fell. When I walked out our front door to shovel the walk and clear our car, this finally felt like winter. Work to do, even with a plow company for the driveway. I’ll call it a…