Now this is a genuine Hawaiian calendar

My dear wife Karen and I have been hanging calendars with inspiring photos from Hawaiian on our kitchen wall for, oh, a handful of years now, back to when we put the cheery scenes up in The Little Bitty in the Syracuse neighborhood of Eastwood. This past summer, I thought to purchase a 2018 calendar…

Doggie, it’s cold outside

The whole dang country is cold this week, according to news reports. So I won’t complain about the temperatures or wind chill around A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. But I will show that even Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle pauses before going out for her second morning trip into her Central…

Now we can picture this perfect Hawaiian spot

Kona Family Reunion gift-giving continued: The kids gave us a nice frame and shots of the four of us at the breath-taking Hilo lookout. It was the closest she could find to the four of us together, my terrific daughter joked. Yeah, we gotta work on that next trip. But this will do very well,…

The Hawaiian theme makes us quite happy

Elisabeth and George Three came in from the car lugging some hot gifts for my dear wife Karen and I this holiday season. Our Family Reunion week in Kona will forever tie us in the greatest of ways. The kids obviously knew how much the old man loved Wailua Wheat. They went online to find…

Getting it right for that first apartment

My dear wife Karen came away from our visit to the kids’ first apartment together with the perfect idea for a gift. We’d used artisan Kym to create a nice wall hanging for A Bitty Better, and my wonderful daughter Elisabeth and her sensational significant George Three had expressed their admiration for the result. And…

Happy New Year’s Eve from the lovely village

Before you get out into the hustle and bustle of welcoming in 2018, here’s one last pretty scene from the street in front of my workplace library in the Village of Liverpool. Here’s hoping that the comforts that I’ve felt inside the walls of the Liverpool Public Library in 2017 extends to your place in…

A taste of the Beatles takes over the country spot

I unfortunately noticed on my last trip to Syracuse I noticed that Cowboys Saloon gave up the ghost. Too bad. My dear wife Karen and I enjoyed our meal and happy hour beverages in the spot that replaced Toby Keith’s bar and restaurant. Syracuse’s mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex moved quickly enough to put…