Meet the Mets … and Dory, Erin, James …

That trip to CitiField to see the Mets play the Nationals two weekends back was exactly what our family needed on the night before the services for my sweet middle sister Frannie. My dear wife Karen and I had planned for more than a month to drive down from Syracuse with terrific daughter Elisabeth and…

Star Trek’s 50th Anniversary Bash at the library had me beaming (up)

Saturday’s work assignment: Capture patrons who loved all things Star Trek enough to attend the 50th anniversary celebration at the Liverpool Public library. I posted photographs and a video from the scavenger hunt, movie screening, book signing and other activities carefully planned by my cool colleagues the librarians all over our social media platforms while…

First sign of fall at Onondaga Lake Park

I took a quick lunchtime stroll two blocks down from the Liverpool Public Library this week despite the 90º F temperatures and the fact that I had to return to my desk, oh, a tad sweaty. I saw some color on the trees at last this blistering summer. It’s the first hint of change I’ve…

No retreat from the comfort of old friends

Are you sure The Retreat will be open on Labor Day, Judy asked me via Facebook as we solidified our plans for the four of us to meet for lunch. I stopped by on my daily lap through the Village of Liverpool while on my break from the job at the library to be sure.…

Perfectly powzer

To help celebrate Labor Day here in the U S of A, I saved some of my fireworks display photographs from Star Wars Night put on by the Syracuse Chiefs baseball squad at NBT Bank Stadium here in Central New York. Happy day to all. Hover over any gallery photo for a description. Click on…