Welcoming street in every season

Up at the far end of this street in the Village of Liverpool sits my workplace. I like the feeling that comes to me when I spot the public library in the middle of this tidy spot in my life. I hope all the visitors feel the same way.

The pet people are back with new slogans

The Village of Liverpool pet store people recently trotted out new messages for their A-frame signs of the corner of First and Tulip streets. It’s been awhile since they switched the slogans. Thank you for livening up my strolls, bright minds at Furrever Friends.

Appealing to my good nature

What to do during a staycation? A drive some 45 miles to the east to check out Good Nature Farm Brewing and Tap Room seemed to be a good idea. A check of their website by my dear wife Karen (who was not on a staycation, dagnabbit) showed that they would open at 3 p.m.…

Remembering the big melt

Before we yield to March, I must recall that February did include a brief yet very welcome thaw. I happened to be appreciated a staycation, at home from work. The snow was briefly gone from our backyard, and cherished rescue mutt Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle was quite happy to go out, go out, go…

Coach Roy Simmons Jr. elevated to the ring

Sunday was a Syracuse men’s lacrosse day for the ages. At halftime, the university added former coach Roy Simmons Jr. to the Ring of Fame. No doubt, Simmons Jr. followed in the footsteps of Roy Simmons Sr., coaching Syracuse lacrosse to serious success. He engineered the rebirth in the 1980s that elevated the Orange to…

Dome in the winter

My dear wife Karen and I appreciated our first winter walk to the Carrier Dome with its new roof line for Sunday’s college men’s lacrosse game. I think the snow setting and different sun angles allows a different perspective than the football season.

A winter walk up the Syracuse U hill

February is a nice month to catch a college men’s lacrosse game in the Carrier Dome. As long as you don’t mind a bit of brisk as you walk up the Syracuse University campus hill toward the big stadium. My dear wife Karen and I had found a nice parking spot on Marshall Street, 45…

Oh, my, Maryland wins in front of my eyes

Go to the Carrier Dome with my dear wife Karen to watch my alma mater play the hometown squad in men’s college lacrosse? I’d say I was smiling on Sunday afternoon for the noon faceoff between visiting Maryland and homestanding Syracuse. It’s been awhile since I’d gotten the opportunity to root for the ”that’s where…

My wife has many hobbies

The new store in nearby mall Destiny USA was calling my dear wife Karen’s name. Yes, of course we’ll take our first trip inside Hobby Lobby. Michael’s, a fantastic store to fuel her passions — and a place I liked to roam the aisles with her — has closed its Destiny USA doors in the…