Syracuse and snow, together again

We walked up the Syracuse University hill to the Carrier Dome yesterday in the fall. The temperature was in the 40s, the grass was holding onto some green and there was a bit of blue in the sky. We walked down the hill from the Orange’s bitter 17-16 loss to Pittsburgh in the winter. The…

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…

More photos from Niagara Falls (Or, I’ve got you over a barrel)

Quick quiz: Where was this above photo taken? No, I didn’t sneak in another location while I’m on my Niagara Falls roll. This is the park at the bottom of the Ontario city, just below the blocks of tourist shops and just above the majesty of the falls. My dear wife Karen and I had…

Niagara Falls is a wonderful place to revisit on a fifth wedding anniversary

The idea was perfect. Our present to each other for our fifth wedding anniversary should be a return trip to the ground where we’d made it official, my dear wife Karen declared many months ago. I nodded with plenty of enthusiasm. She made reservations at the same hotel where we stayed on our wedding night.…

From on high, the sun rises over Niagara Falls, Ontario

My first eye-opening view on Oct. 27, 2013. I am on the top floor, the 19th story, of the Doubletree. Our room faces East. Niagara Falls, Ontario, is pretty darn special. A Wonder of the World, really.

A butterfly bush sends lone purple blossom high into the Syracuse autumn sky

Our butterfly bushes have always been the late bloomers. Slowly but surely in this backyard garden in Syracuse, N.Y., these babies become big achievers, too. The purple-blooming bush has always stood tallest as the growing season progresses. As autumn falls deeply at last upon this city neighborhood of Eastwood, one single branch has taken its…

Yeah, you’re beautiful, but don’t get too big for your collar

Remember when you were growing up and your parents seemed to pull out a camera not only at the best of times, but at the worst of times? Well, it didn’t happen in my family. My folks clicked away at birthday parties, neighborhood parties, holiday parties, graduation parties … you get the picture. Frank and…

A rainbow suddenly appears in golden hour of dusk

The rainbow curved majestically over the roofs of the houses across the street as my dear wife Karen pulled her car into our driveway, home from yesterday’s work at last. A drizzly late afternoon had just then given way to a slight break in the gray clouds. The rainbow was backdropped by that sudden golden…

On this walk, I decide, ‘Wish that was in my yard’

If you’ve clicked on markbialczak.com, you know I like to take pleasure in the gardens that beautify our Syracuse city plot, spaces planned by my dear wife Karen and put in the ground by us both. You also know how I like to walk Ellie B, aka Dogamous Pyle, every darn day. Let’s put the…

It’s a long way to St. Andrew’s from Camillus Country Club

This morning-after following Phil Mickelson’s triumph at the British Open at Muirfield in Scotland, I was teeing it up to pay tribute at Camillus Country Club, a dozen or so miles to the west of Syracuse. It’s a hilly course. At one of the high spots, the members of CCC took the time to place…

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