It’s time for the backyard cover up to continue

My dear wife Karen and I have been extremely satisfied with the Weber grill we picked to add to the backyard ambiance of the first summer at A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. Burgers, steaks, ribs … This propane grill has been the best outdoor cooker I’ve ever owned. Having experienced our…

A wheelie cool lineup

On the break walk from my library workplace, the lines of the bicycles available for rent by CuseCycle caught my eye. They’re available right outside the Salt Museum. If you’re looking for something to pedal down the Onondaga Lake Park path. Which I’m not.

Nice place to work, my dear daughter

When I drove east to Madison County earlier this week, I took a few minutes to stop in to say hello to my wonderful daughter Elisabeth. She said it was OK to stop in where she works in Hamilton. I didn’t want to interrupt things in the physical therapy wing by snapping any photos with…

A very cool place to pull over in Cazenovia

Back in the day, I used to drive past Cazenovia Lake a lot. Lived in Morrisville. Worked at the big daily in Syracuse. The route along routes 20 and 92 were second nature to me. The other day, I felt the urge to pull off at the side of Cazenovia Lake. Fall has taken a…

Castle from a different angle

The castle that is really Syracuse Universithy’s Crouse College has been a photo favorite of mine for years. Walking to the Friday night Orange college football game against Clemson, I was able to capture it from a different angle in different light. I never get enough of this place’s aura.

Rest well, pops

My dear wife Karen was a bit unsettled when I got home from work recently. She obviously had something out of the ordinary to tell me. We’d received a package, she said, leading me up the stairs to the guest room. It was covered with brown paper for shipping. I saw the word Cremains stamped…

Let’s hear it for the Children’s Hospital

For Friday night’s Syracuse college football game against Clemson, my dear wife Karen and I decided to take a different walking route up to the Carrier Dome. It took us past the Golisano Children’s Hospital at Upstate Medical University. As dusk falls on the Syracuse University hill, this sure is a striking sight. I’m glad…

Syracuse rocks the Dome old-school with the Clemson win

The radio talk show guys were wondering what Syracuse’s 27-24 upset over Clemson on the night of Friday the 13th compared to in the Orange’s Carrier Dome history. They were young post-game hosts, a former player from this decade and a radio station guy not far removed from his SU graduation. So their frame of…