A fond farewell

Peaking through the winter terrain on Vine Street is the Going Out of Business banners at Bradley’s Jewelers. They’ve been a big part of the Village of Liverpool landscape, for many decades. May you enjoy your well-deserved retirement, good owners.

Keep my ring on it

Now it can be told. For a chilling few hours just a bit back, that important finger on my left hand felt naked. I was sitting at dinner with terrific daughter Elisabeth and George Three, settling down at our table in the Retreat, when I looked down when something felt a bit off. No wedding…

Oh, for the warmer times

The empty boat slips in the Onondaga Lake Marina isn’t the only place I walk past in Liverpool that makes me think of warmer times. Yes, I like eating on the patio of the Retreat come spring and summer. They do the best they can to make it look good in winter for those spectating.

Sounds like a plan

The latest round of flags are up in the Village of Liverpool. I take note as I take a morning break stroll from my job at the library, and I do know the window to the left has held one of the many hairstyling establishments that dot First Street. The red flag at the corner…

Moon was just right there

When I let cherished rescue mutt Ellie B out the door to do her thing, I noticed out of my side eye a hazy early morning moon hanging out just before the sunrise. I ran back in to grab my iPhone 8 from the living room table. Alas, too slow. You can barely see its…

Not firing up that grill

I hear that some people grill year round. Yes, even some people who live in my part of the world. No, thank you. Our kitchen stove works great! (Knock on wood.) We’re lucky enough to live pretty close to the Limp Lizard, the Dinosaur Bar-B-Que and even a stone’s throw to Ray Brothers, all home…

Paw prints prove she was there

Cherished rescue mutt Ellie B doesn’t spend quite so much time hanging out on her favorite side alcove futon during the yeah-it’s-really-winter cold. But her paw prints prove she goes in and out that door to make her way to the needed beyond.

So much winter you can’t tell there’s a pool

I know winter has settled in when I look out our back door and all I can spot are the tracks that cherished rescue mutt Ellie B has made around the perimeter of our pool. No signs of the cover stand out through the snow. And it’s not that it’s too deep, as you can…