A great place to get together

My sister Dory wanted to bring the family up from downstate. She knew our place was too small for an extended stay. She found a place online in nearby Lafayette that went by the name of the Honeycrisp House. The rolling-hills location surely was beautiful this time of year. Come another part of our year,…

I see a connection

So I’m visiting with my sister Dory, and she puts on her glasses. I laugh and put on my glasses. She picked out her frames downstate. I picked out my frames upstate. No kidding.

Scorsese, De Niro say so much and so little in The Irishman

It’s quite obvious that director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro care so much about The Irishman. The pair of American legends pour their talents, mystique, credibility and reputation into this true mob tale of Frank Sheeran, a veteran attempting to find his way back into home country life as a truck driver when…

Keep that chewing at rest, dear dog

So the days we left our cherished rescue mutt home for fairly long stretches so we could visit with family for the holiday did not go well. Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle decided to chew on her hind quarters. What an itch she had! The family put our heads together for a home solution. I…

May your Thanksgiving be full of joy

What with the family driving in from downstate to share this Thanksgiving holiday with we four Central New Yorkers, my dear wife Karen and I knew exactly what to do. Cracker Barrel’s big meal would give Elisabeth, George Three and us two maximum visiting time with Dory, Jim, Erin and James. Plus, well, it will…

Juice up our air, please and thank you

Cough. Hack. Repeat. Glug that water. Once the temperatures around our part of the world go low enough that our forced air furnace is a regular part of the daily proceedings, we notice our reaction to the resulting lack of humidity in our breathing routine. My dear wife Karen ordered a new dry-air humidifier this…

Great artwork by my dear wife and terrific daughter

Off they went to create. My dear wife Karen and terrific daughter Elisabeth had been looking forward to the rock painting class at great friend Julie’s house for weeks. Better them than me, thought I. Elisabeth has been into the art of putting her soul into painting rocks for awhile now, placing her creations in…