We’re glad it’s not a noon start

I will be working at the library’s annual book sale before heading out to the Syracuse football game against Connecticut at the Carrier Dome today. So my dear wife Karen and I were quite pleased to hear it when the start time was announced two weeks ago. (These mid-season decisions to please TV are tiresome,…

The bigger the better

One of my colleagues at the library had a purse with a great saying on it, I noticed at this year’s staff day. I voiced my admiration to my dear wife Karen. So came a present from a package in the mail. I think it’s grand, a slogan to stand behind. Karen thinks I can…

‘Tis the season for just about anything outside Nichols

Seen outside my favorite supermarket before my stop for that bring-to-work coffee Monday morning was a busy worker adding to the seasonal display. The man was putting up the corn stalks this middle of September. I thought they looked great, what with the gorgeous flowers and bright pumpkins. Told my thought, he smiled widely.

Feeling like a winner up on the Syracuse University hill

The day was bright, blue and full potential this mid-September Saturday in Syracuse, N.Y. The hometown Syracuse Orange football squad was 2-0 as fans climbed the hill to the Carrier Dome to ready for the contest against Atlantic Coast Conference rival Florida State. The fact that the Orange has not fared well against the Seminoles…

Pretty fall colors on the walk with Ellie B

With the temperatures dropping pleasantly for the new season, I threw the leash on Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle and took her on a lap around the blocks surrounding A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. Our cherished rescue mutt and I took in some nice flowering sights at a neighbor’s. The contrast…

Taking the seaweed from Onondaga Lake

Taking our work break walk from the library recently, we noticed some mining going on in Onondaga Lake. A truck in the Marina announced that the vegetation piling up in the bed was 100 percent natural. I spotted the boat doing the work right in the marina waters. Interesting, I thought. Looks a lot like…

See you next year, pool water

The pool company workers stopped by just after Labor Day. On went a new security cover. This baby will last a couple of decades, says the material in the brochure. Knock on wood. More than enough for us. Now it can be colder for the season, yes. This sure beats how we had to close…

Hooray for another walk up the Syracuse University hill

My dear wife Karen and I were more than ready for our first walk up the big hill for another college football season. We kept up with our traditions, starting with pulling into the same lot on West Genesee Street at the bottom of University Avenue. Quickly we noted that our friend who collects the…

Time for some backyard blanket cleanup

We thought we had a great idea when the old heater that came with the big backyard pool when we moved into A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville went on the fritz in year one. My dear wife Karen ordered us a solar blanket. We tried it. Not so much for us.…