Dang, I did see Burt Reynolds in Syracuse

So I meet my old friend Tom Honan this morning for a quick chat so he can fill me in on some cool things he’s doing with his Live Space Entertainment company – Tom Chapin and the Chapin Sisters benefit for the Food Bank of Central New York on Sept 21 at the Palace Theatre!…

Better off red

The vintage cars are in town for the annual party that goes by the name of The Syracuse Nationals. When I got off from work from the library Friday, I took a quick left on Electronics Parkway. I know from the past few years that the auto owners like to gather in the lot of…

The kids continue our Hawaiian theme with a cool tree

Elisabeth and George brought over a perfect present for my dear wife Karen. A pineapple tree is exactly right, an homage for our time spent together in Hawaii for Karen’s family reunion in the summer of 2017. George found the pretty tree at the Walmart. And it’s thriving on our side alcove. I’m wondering if…

Take a ride over to Cordelia’s Mom Still to enjoy Paul Curran’s work again

My friend Cordelia’s Mom Still was spurred to rerun a column by our cherished guest blogger Paul Curran, the prolific WordPress presence who managed to nourish our souls from various host platforms before he left our world in October 2016. I marveled again at his wisdom as I read, then I shook my head and…

The sky has no limit

Some days the sky has a unique look in our Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. I like to think that it unlike what’s overhead anywhere else at this point in time.

Give Ellie B just a bit of sun and blue sky

All it takes is a simple question. “Do you want to go for a walk, Ellie B?” Give us a little blue sky and sun and temperatures around freezing, and there’s no stopping my cherished rescue mutt and I in the blocks around A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. Happy we both…

Happy New Year to you and yours

May good things come under this and all flags in 2018. Concentrate hard on doing good and well, just and true, from the top to the bottom.

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You had me from the headline, my good friend Beth. Source: library.

Billy Joel makes it to the Carrier Dome rafters

Billy Joel can hang out in the Carrier Dome any time he wants. Sure, the Piano Man most likely can pick up the phone and pick up tickets for any Syracuse University football or basketball game he’d want to attend if he had the urge. But the powers-that-be up on the hill wanted the music…

Guest Post: Not today. Paul Curran died

There’s no Sunday guest column from Paul Curran this week. He died. Warning. Several glasses of wine have gone from hand to mouth in the production of this blog post. We don’t know why our friend Paul Curran passed away. I found out that the man who lived im Ottawa, Canada, the writer who graced…