Where should I put a ring on it?

So Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I were circling past a Syracuse Housing Authority complex a half-dozen blocks from our home in the city neighborhood of Eastwood. Ellie B’s nose was down as we strolled past the halfway point in our walk. My eyes were down, too. And I spotted a couple of coins…

Why I fret, Vol. II

A couple weeks back I caught a photo of these two pine trees behind my backyard neighbors’ fence and shared my anxiety about an eventual fall. They were covered with snow. I could see a possible topple in the future. Here’s that Knock Down, Stay Up post. On the way back from my glorious walk…

So close

Almost. We’re one day from April, and the snow here in our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood is waving its last bye-bye, what with a high of 57 forecast for tomorrow. At least I hope its one final wave. You never know around here. A common comment: Remember the year we woke up to inches…

At this Irish pub, everybody’s battling childhood cancers

Hope and optimism kicked the butt of pain and suffering at Kitty Hoynes’ annual St. Baldrick’s fund-raiser today. Hundreds of people of all ages, men and women, had their heads shaved to raise money in the fight against childhood cancers. David Hoyne, owner of the lively downtown Syracuse Irish pub and restaurant, threw open the…

Forecaster says one more snow, but I look for spring anyway

The Syracuse TV station weather guy said Wednesday morning shall bring one last snow. He called it the last gasp of winter, as a matter of fact. I hope so. As I walked with Ellie B, aka Dogamous Pyle, this afternoon prior to the last snowy hurrah, I kept my eyes open for any signs…

I’ve walked a lot of miles in my shoes

Some people are made to run, I thought to myself again on Sunday morning as I watched 1,600 or so of those type of folks file past my Syracuse city home during the second Syracuse Half Marathon. Not me. I am a walker. I knew that way, way, way back in my life. The determined…

1,600 runners, 17 degrees, and 13.1 miles of snowy Syracuse streets

The runners for the second edition of the Syracuse Half Marathon this morning were greeted by 13.1 miles of city streets that had been kissed with a a spring layer of snow during the wee hours. The temperature was 17 degrees. And yet they came fast, strong and bundled pretty good against those elements, streaming…

Ellie darling, it’s been a long, cold lonely winter

Three days ’til spring. I can’t tell who’s getting more antsy for winter to leave, Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle or this guy on the holding end of the leash. With the temperature creeping up — I can’t believe weather sites say it’s 31 degrees right now in Syracuse, N.Y., because it feels at least…

Going green just because she can

Sometimes you’ve got to search long and hard to find somebody you think is fully intoxicated by the spirit of St. Patrick’s Day without being fully … well, without being drunk. Yesterday in Syracuse, all I had to do was drive to the neighborhood Rite Aide drug store. My mission was to buy a bottle…

Miranda Sings promotes a beautiful comedy hook

The poster for Miranda Sings literally stopped me dead. I had to gawk. I had to circle. I had to snap the picture outside the Funny Bone comedy club in Syracuse’s mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA. Nobody said standup comics have to be among the most gorgeous among us, right, Roseanne? But,…