And when summer comes …

Ancient air. Our local heating and plumbing company definitely grabbed our attention with its January sales pitch. Buy a new furnace and central air conditioning unit at the same time and get the furnace for about $1,110. You read that right. Folks that lived at our house two-plus decades ago most likely put in the…

Then came January

Shorter but more powerful. Our fixed furnace was chugging along with its new part, the new igniter firing the 27-year-old baby up every time the thermostat on the living room wall made that clicking sound. Then came the new year and the Charles Heating and Plumbing company’s TV commercials. They had a really good deal.…

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.