Doggie daydreams at 5

Caught in a pensive mood, Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle is gazing upon the side yard in our Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. So I wonder about our beloved rescue mutt as she approaches her fifth year with us … what is she thinking about as she looks out on the…

Row, row, row, no boat

On a Saturday afternoon visit to Syracuse mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA, my dear wife Karen and I shot a glance down past the rail as we walked on level two toward nowhere in particular. There was quite a hub-bub down on the floor of what mall organizers have dubbed The Canyon.…

They’re mycicles

When the snow builds up to a certain point on the rooftops of Syracuse and the sun does its thing during the winter days as January winds its way toward February and then night falls … It’s icicle season. They can get big and nasty and dangerous. They can do serious damage to your roof…

Majestic moon shot

Straight from a work shift at the store, I drove to Destiny USA to catch a late afternoon movie for this week’s review. Dirty Grandpa. DeNiro and Efron. Catch my views here Monday morning. After that solo viewing, I pulled into the driveway of the Little Bitty in our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood tired…

Come snow, do you take the highway or side streets?

As the Lake Effect snow fell steadily during a work shift this week, my boss and I talked about our winter driving habits around Syracuse, N.Y. There were no customers at the front end registers at the moment. I told her how I had taken the New York State Thruway entrance nearby the Little Bitty…

One family member loves the snow

I’ve fully chronicled my wish that the snow stay away from the our Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. The reasons are many. Snow removal of course is high on my list, right up there with my aversion to driving in it, on it, through it. This week’s storm came through the…

Catching the corner

So you want to know how high the flatbed carts are in the retail store where I’m working as a cashier? Shin-high. My shin, anyway. I’m not always the most nimble working my way from the register to the carted merchandise that must be scanned with the portable shooter. Apparently. Yes, I felt it right…

Going for the green

Every year at this time, I turn on the Golf Channel and wish. Wish I were in Hawaii. Wish I were really good at golf. Wish I could be playing really good golf in Hawaii right now. Of course — pun intended — I have to be content with clicking on The Golf Channel and…

Whaddya know, the sky is falling

The news folks like to talk about snow in Syracuse, N.Y. How much are we going to get? How much have we gotten? How much of this have I heard since I moved here in August of 1983? Plenty. After all, Syracuse is the snowiest top 100 population city in the United States. And so…