Enjoying a match

A safe visit to Onondaga Lake Park found the bocce courts had attracted a match. They looked like they were having fun, not minding their masks at all.

Back to the market you go

My dear wife Karen came up with a quick and smart way to transport the unloaded grocery back from kitchen to halfway-to-the-car so she doesn’t forget to bring it to the supermarket the next time around. I loved it when I saw it.

Poor sports

I looked at the passenger side of my car and noticed the top side of my Syracuse Mets decal had been peeled away. I stood in my driveway and pondered. This did not look like a natural-occurring situation. Yes, my pursuits had taken me to several parking lots in the not too-previous-past. I think somebody…

Good culinary work, George Three

George Three has taken on a new cooking hobby, visiting George Two and Sue to use their smoker. And he and terrific daughter Elisabeth stop by our place to drop some off for us when he’s done. This time it was two meats, pulled pork and kielbasa. He is really good at this. Yum we…

Brian Dennehy takes us from gruff to sweet one more time in Driveways

Every once in a while, you’re treated with the most unlikely transformation of grizzly bear to teddy bear. Brian Dennehy pulls the switch off with equal reluctance, acceptance, recognition and charm in the most marvelous little independent film Driveways. Directed by Andrew Ahn from the screenplay Hannah Bos and Paul Thureen, this sweet 2019 film…

The finest cuts

My dear wife Karen gathered up pretty blooms from our gardens and arranged them just right for the kitchen. August casts its spell.

Construction season has restarted

The construction facelift approved for this corner in the Village of Liverpool took a hiatus for the virus. But the upgrading in the block around the corner from my job at the library is going strong now. Looking better.

We taste the Polish Fest food at its home

After my terrific daughter Elisabeth’s consistent admiration of the posted specials from the Utica Polish Community Club online, my dear wife Karen and I took a Thursday post-work drive east to meet her and George Three for a feast. This, after all, is the place that we have regularly chosen from the many stands that…

Pete Hamill cued me in about many things

When Pete Hamill left our world earlier this month, I bowed my head for the loss of a writer whose words meant so much to New Yorkers and smart folks beyond state and, yes, national lines. Hamill’s ink ran out of his veins onto newsprint and the pages of novels. Well, I recalled, did not…