The color of winter

White snow, gray skies, ice a mix of slate. You’d think that an afternoon break walk from the desk at the library could bring nothing but a stark picture of the season. Even without the sun or a blue sky, you’d be wrong. A ribbon of glory awaits where the sky and land kiss and…

The snow, she piles up

Even if one should decide to venture down for a look at Onondaga Lake during the afternoon break from one’s desk at the library, well … Snow this winter has piled up at the Tulip Street walk-in. And melted. And piled up again. The stack looks high from the lake side, too. Wait! Doesn’t that…

What does the snow do for our view of life?

All that snow can get dirty pretty darn quick on the roads of Central New York. Even on the residential streets around A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. The plows do their best to clear the way. And I want to think that we still have a view of Onondaga Lake way…

The snow out back is knee-high

The backyard snow so far this January 2018 at A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville has been off the charts. Last winter, our first here, I seemed able to keep up. This year, not so much. I mean, look at what crept up last weekend. I did manage a path out that…

My shoveling success

So far this snowy January 2018 around A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville, I’ve best been about to keep up with the side yard. So that’s where we’ve been letting Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle go in and out the most to take care of her business. I do not have to…

Big snow in the front yard

I’ve heard that folks in warmer parts don’t mind seeing snow shots from around A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. This past weekend’s weather wallop piled the white stuff up in our front yard. Note where the plow has had to go with the stuff taken out of our driveway.

Don’t let these pipes get clogged

With the temperatures outside A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville barely approaching zero last weekend and the windchill quite below that mark in Fahrenheit, I said in our living room and felt a chill. More than the obvious. I looked at the thermostat and saw the digital reading fall. Below 70. Once…

Hope Cafe Coffee and Tea House serves big tastes, more

My Communications Corner co-workers and I may be in the market for a new once-in-while business confab/lunch spot. Bangkok Thailand has announced its official owners-retiring date of Feb. 17, with a somewhat hazy mention of a possible buyer in the wings. So boss Diane, Librarian Assistant Edina and I took the short walk to Hope…