Lavender corner

Our front corner. It’s time for the front right corner of our yard to include a special spring color. It might be my dear wife Karen’s favorite, I might add. Hello, lavender!

Rising in the standings

Go ahead, ask us. Do you want to go to Trivia Night at the Syracuse Mets again, wondered the text from terrific daughter Elisabeth. Sign us up, I replied. Last season, our first attempt at matching our wits in the Metropolitan Room at NBT Bank Stadium as the Syracuse Mets played on the field below,…

Don’t miss these

Wanted: big ring finger. I had to go through my photo roll before waving a final bye-bye to my spring 2024 trip to Georgia to visit KP and Sue. I missed a few captures I want to share, starting with that large-scale World Series ring stationed outside of the Atlanta Braves’ Truist Park. Doggone it.…

Ponce City Market sparkles outside and in

So much to see. A railroad used to run through the grounds where KP and I strolled to the expansive Ponce City Market. Now the city is constructing its Beltline, a path for biking and walking that will eventually allow access to, well, all Atlanta neighborhoods, as I understood what KP and Sue told me.…

Memories sad and more

Too much happened here. As we drove to park for our trip to the College Football Hall of Fame in Atlanta, KP and I discovered that across the street sat a landmark forever stamped in world history. We had to take in the Centennial Olympic Park, where a grand celebration for the 1996 Summer Games…

The heart of college football

Maryland and Syracuse are in this quadrant. When KP ticked off Atlanta attractions he thought might interest me, I knew we’d be stopping at the College Football Hall of Fame. I’ve lost count at how many games I’ve gone to since I matriculated at the University of Maryland in the 1970s, became a sports journalist…

Savoring a well-planned neighborhood

Different styles. Folks that want to live in Lilith have a variety of styles of homes from which to choose. More are going up all the time. The planned community impressed the heck out of me on my trip from Central New York to appreciate near-Atlanta with KP and Sue. Going up, up, up, more…

Gorgeous community living in Trilith

A gorgeous corner to live on. KP and Sue have transitioned well. My longtime friends welcomed me to their Fayetteville, Ga., home with open hearts and arms. My eyes opened wide at the beauty of their home in this planned community of Lilith. Moon arch anchors this community yard outside their house. They can walk…

Embracing golf in Georgia

Teeing off comfortably in April. When I climbed into KP’s car at the Atlanta airport and we’d exchanged our initial HowTheHeckAreYa’s, he confirmed what he’d texted me before I started my journey from Central New York. We had a tee time scheduled at one of the three courses he calls home base, set up in…