On to a small brace for my dear wife Karen

Good news came again at the last checkup for my dear wife Karen. The recovery from her fractured wrist continues with the implementation of a truly portable brace. Her doctor says this latest version only needs to be worn when she travels out of A Bitty Better here in the Galeville neighborhood of Liverpool. So…

A Winter Solstice sunrise, sunset preview at A Bitty Better

Those of you with enough patience to have been following my words and images here for awhile may recall that I have a thing for the solstice, both winter and summer. And today’s the day, my friends, when we here in the Northern Hemisphere have the Earth’s tilt that takes us furthest away from that…

Rio Grande feels sort of medium, but it’s still a Happy Birthday

I chose a rather new joint on the Liverpool restaurant scene for my birthday dinner last week. My dear wife Karen and I had been to the Rio Grande previously in our two months spent in the neighborhood of Galeville before she asked me what I’d like to do after work on the night I…

I wouldn’t tell them to smile

I was sitting at my desk at the Liverpool Public Library working on something or other when my found rang. Page Sara sounded excited. She said there was a photo opportunity downstairs. Children’s room, pronto! I knew what my friend and colleague was talking about right away. Two little kids with balloons. Their moms were…

Snow turns Ellie B into a happy Dogamous Pyle

Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle took this trait with her from The Little Bitty to a Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. It was obvious to me when I made my way home from my job at the Liverpool Public Library through the squall late Wednesday afternoon and accompanied my cherished rescue mutt…

Beware the snow and blowing snow

It didn’t look too bad outside A Bitty Better when I woke up Thursday morning. The dire weather forecasts seemed to be, well, a bit too dire. The snow really hadn’t arrived in full force. It was cold, though. But then I reached the bottom of our street in the Galeville neighborhood of Liverpool and…

Easily seen as they’re pulling the sleigh

The things I learn while working at the Liverpool Public Library. This month, my photography tasks allowed me to discover Magic Reindeer Food. We make it. Then we sell it at the circulation desk, for the bargain price of 50 cents per bag. Allow me to quote the terrific sign, designed by my boss Diane…

An interesting place for a big house

You never know what you’re going to see when you take a walk in your new place in the world. Odd, quirky stuff, if you’re lucky. It’s happening already in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. My dear wife Karen and I came upon a good one while circling the blocks surrounding a Bitty Better with…

A triangle, but I don’t think it’s Bermuda … grass

I told you about the lawn/park that’s attached to the Salina Town Hall. Not too far from that, and A Bitty Better by proxy, is another green space that I don’t quite know what to make of for sure. It’s put in such a place that all drivers must slow down at all three sides…