More cheer from our yellow flowers

We were able to appreciate a warm late-April-like day Saturday, with our Central New York temperatures at last reaching into the 60s. It surely has been an up-and-down spring, with several runs of snow, including just this mid-week. A check around our yard yields yellow as the primary color. The front is vibrant with it.…

Holding pattern

When we received news from the director that we’d be working from home, I made sure to check out a big supply of library books. I envisioned a stay-at-home portion of my life that would include something akin to A Big Read. Here we are, a month-plus-in and counting for the can’t-go-anywhere portion of our…

A wonderful find on the shelf

My dear wife Karen came across hand sanitizer during a recent necessary grocery store stop. And not just any hand sanitizer. She was able to bring home two large bottles of the elixir produced at the local plant switched over from a distillery by the good folks at apple orchard complex Beak and Skiff. We…

Somebody else took aim

Our bowling league was called off early this year because of the virus crisis. It would have ended this month. I had written this post before the cancellation. I found it interesting to find a photographer using our Thursday Night Men’s League at Bowling Green as her focus. Roland behind the desk told us on…

Somebody else took aim

Our bowling league was called off early this year because of the virus crisis. It would have ended this month. I had written this post before the cancellation. I found it interesting to find a photographer using our Thursday Night Men’s League at Bowling Green as her focus. Roland behind the desk told us on…

Good to get out to the big park

My dear wife Karen and I were mostly able to carve our own space at Onondaga Lake Park on Easter Sunday. Some folks on the trails were not wearing masks at they walked, biked or skated. What were they thinking, we asked ourselves. Others did. We kept to six feet away. And went to water’s…

Turn over the tables to avoid temptation

The workers at Onondaga Lake Park were not subtle in their manner of telling folks what they cannot do when they take their socially distanced strolls along the trails. No sitting at the tables or benches. Those that could be turned over, are. Others are adorned with paper signs that tell people not to use…

Let’s try to enjoy our Not-Opening-Day

This new way has brought a terrible phrase to the forefront of our lives. We Would Have Been. You know what I’m talking about, folks. We wake up. We go about the things we can do around the house, the routines of our now restricted lives. And we think about what would have been on…