A1 fever returns

One of my tasks as communications specialist at the Liverpool Public Library is capturing the flavor of events through the lens of the little sure-shot Canon they provided for the job. Better than the iPhone 6 for this blog, yes, in most cases, I’ve found as I go back and edit the digital copies on…

I dutifully send my Syracuse taxes off to the city P.O. Box

In the years I worked for the big daily, I could walk the few blocks through downtown Syracuse to City Hall. When I free-lanced and then worked at Lowe’s, my schedule was loose enough that I could make the trip from the Little Bitty in the city neighborhood of Eastwood to the official location to…

Getting a leg up in Onondaga Lake Park

I walked through Onondaga Lake Park during a Tuesday morning on the way to take photos of a Storytime for the library when I had to pull the iPhone 6 out of my pocket and squeeze off a few quick shots for myself. All of these folks with their legs just-so caught my attention. They…

A scary spark on our street in Eastwood

My dear wife Karen and I headed out to run an errand when she got off from her job at SMG Monday night. We didn’t stay out long. It was still light when I pulled my Chevy Cruze down the hill on our street in our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood when we saw the…

My new dye job

My impatience took over on Day Four. When I woke up Saturday morning, I grabbed the directions I’d been stowing on my dresser since the Tie Dye on the Lawn event at Liverpool Public Library on Wednesday afternoon and read the how-to one more time. Let it set for eight hours, it plainly said. Or…

I see the truck clearly but the business is fuzzy

On a walk around the blocks surrounding the Little Bitty in our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood with my dear wife Karen and Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle, I lagged behind a minute or so toward the end. There was a scene that struck my fancy. I could tell right off what this truck owner…

Now that’s a big advertisement for Syracuse

A recent trip to downtown Syracuse to attend a social media breakfast for my job at the library took me past the Civic Center. Somebody redecorated one of the brown brick walls while I was gone. The advertisement for the teams and other events that take place at the complex the city and Onondaga County…

Holy shirt, this was one fun library event

Yes, I do enjoy working at the Liverpool Public Library. My job as communications specialist leads me down interesting paths daily. Wednesday I took photos and videos in our Dinosaur Garden, where more than 300 people lined up for the annual Tie Dye on the Lawn event. I heard our director being interviewed for the…

Just puttering along in downtown Syracuse

I was walking with my dear wife Karen in downtown Syracuse, minding our own business intending to pass the big bank building to meet our group of friends at terrific Irish Pub Kitty Hoynes. But no. I had to stop and pull my iPhone 6 out of my pocket because of something new. Somebody had…