The birds were out in full color

I wondered why so many of my library colleagues were grouped at the windows of the big room at Beaver Lake Nature Center. Then I saw the bird houses. The trees. The birds. The beautiful, magnificent birds. These were all photographed through the window panes. My dear wife Karen and I will be returning in…

Now this was a walk during a work break

They gathered us at Beaver Lake Nature Center for this year’s staff development day for the library. Between the quite wonderful speakers and learning exercises, we were given some time to explore the glorious space in Baldwinsville, N.Y. A knot of us took the Bog Trail. Laura said she knew it well. We were thankful…

Nature’s confused

On a recent walk during my morning break from work at the library, we passed some confused ducks at the Village of Liverpool’s Washington Park. Yes, there they sat in a small puddle in a grassy plot not a mile from the big park next to the shore of the bigger Onondaga Lake. This has…

Enough with the snow already

Here’s what I saw after I walked out my front door in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville on Friday, April 20, 2018. And here’s what I had to deal with on my car before I could drive to the library for work. To say that winter has overstayed its welcome is the understatement of, well,…

Beverage wars?

On a recent trip to Syracuse mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA with my dear wife Karen, I couldn’t help but notice the side-by-side business of Kung Fu Tea and Finger Lakes Coffee Masters. On this Sunday afternoon, the aroma of coffee brewing far beat out any tea scents. We didn’t stop at…

A different perspective on lake houses

My co-workers Edina, Laura and I have picked up our break walk routines lately. They pointed out how several of the houses we pass on the short part of the trail at Onondaga Lake Park we’re able to navigate look really big on their back side. I agreed, and picked out the two I thought…

Why I like working at the library, continued

The other day one of my co-workers brought a tray of candy-covered strawberries to our second-floor work environs at the library. She laid them out on the common table with great care. Yes, that is ground-up Oreos that serves as the “dirt” under the tasty main dish. I did indeed snag one to savor. Thank…

I’ll spell it out for you

We went to Michael’s to buy picture frames, my dear wife Karen and I. One piece in the Wire Words display caught our eye. That Coffee piece fits well with our Dunkin‘ Donuts canister of daily ground, we think.

Nature vs. nurture

So my dear wife Karen, terrific daughter Elisabeth and sensational significant George Three are sitting around the living room of A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville, shooting the breeze and catching up on some TV we all like. Wheel of Fortune and Jeopardy, America’s hour of weeknight game show fun collected on…