If this place had been open …

Once upon a time, Syracuse had two newspapers. The Herald-Journal came out in the afternoon. The Post-Standard came out in the morning. The news was digested, reported and printed from an area called Herald Square. For a bunch of decades, I worked for the morning daily. And so it was with some interest that I…

I didn’t turn into a pumpkin

My dear wife Karen really, really wanted to see Cinderella The Musical. She asked quite nicely if I’d accompany here to the beautiful Landmark Theatre in downtown Syracuse, two day’s after Valentine’s Day. Date! I told her I might even break out in song. “Oklahoma!” I started in the living room of A Bitty Better.…

Bring it

I saw a truck full of snow during my Friday work break walk. And by following it, I discovered where the Village of Liverpool brought the snow it cleared from the sidewalks and curbside. I was too slow to catch the truck unloading, but … This empty lot works well enough until the next warmup.

Outta here

I really is quite something to see on our Dunkin‘ Donuts morning coffee run from the library how efficient the Village of Liverpool crew is in clearing the streets of snow. They collect it in piles. And then they scoop it into the beds of trucks for removal to someplace else. Bravo!

Snow bank

On a recent workday, I took the chore of picking up the takeout lunch for the communications department at our library. Out of my car, the big snow bank caught my eye. And then the Key Bank behind it. Yeah, I had to do it.

Thank you, gift card

I picked good, that Applebee’s gift card for my dear wife Karen. I could tell. Yes, it was enough to allow the choice of this peach sangria before the appetizers and entrees! Feelin’ good in the neighborhood, indeed.

Let sleeping cats lie?

My terrific daughter Elisabeth and her sensational significant George Three thought they were going there playful rescue cat Miss Ava a solid by purchasing her a new cat bed. That’s the new bed to the right. That’s Miss Ava’s favorite blanket, well, underneath her. I suggested that maybe they stow away the blanket for a…

Go (fill in your squad)!

I admired these fans’ post Super Bowl dedication during Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I’s walk around the block in our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. Didn’t matter that the Pack didn’t make the big game to them.

It’s not all gone

A break in the weather can make even the remnants of garbage pickup day look better during a walk for Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and I when I get home from the library.