Scorsese, De Niro say so much and so little in The Irishman

It’s quite obvious that director Martin Scorsese and actor Robert De Niro care so much about The Irishman. The pair of American legends pour their talents, mystique, credibility and reputation into this true mob tale of Frank Sheeran, a veteran attempting to find his way back into home country life as a truck driver when…

Keep that chewing at rest, dear dog

So the days we left our cherished rescue mutt home for fairly long stretches so we could visit with family for the holiday did not go well. Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle decided to chew on her hind quarters. What an itch she had! The family put our heads together for a home solution. I…

I get one last cut and mulch in for the lawn and leaves

You knew I couldn’t just stare at all those leaves out on the lawn if I got a day nice enough for one last pass of the mower, didn’t you? I managed a quite late-fall final pass. Now I think we’re set for more snow. Hey, did I really say that?

Leaves, they do pile up on the lawn

I can’t help but notice the leaves on the lawn. They mottle the front lawn. They form a bed in the back.

May your Thanksgiving be full of joy

What with the family driving in from downstate to share this Thanksgiving holiday with we four Central New Yorkers, my dear wife Karen and I knew exactly what to do. Cracker Barrel’s big meal would give Elisabeth, George Three and us two maximum visiting time with Dory, Jim, Erin and James. Plus, well, it will…

Juice up our air, please and thank you

Cough. Hack. Repeat. Glug that water. Once the temperatures around our part of the world go low enough that our forced air furnace is a regular part of the daily proceedings, we notice our reaction to the resulting lack of humidity in our breathing routine. My dear wife Karen ordered a new dry-air humidifier this…

Great artwork by my dear wife and terrific daughter

Off they went to create. My dear wife Karen and terrific daughter Elisabeth had been looking forward to the rock painting class at great friend Julie’s house for weeks. Better them than me, thought I. Elisabeth has been into the art of putting her soul into painting rocks for awhile now, placing her creations in…

The Aftermath reminds us of how much hurt there was to go around from WWII

So much healing had to be done after the powers that be decided who had won and who had lost World War II. On both sides. We’re reminded of the deep scars again by The Aftermath, a drama directed by James Kent that’s set in tense postwar Hamburg. The Brits are everywhere among the residents…

The swans were hanging out

A work break walk caught a couple of swans swimming very close to shore. They were appreciating autumn at Onondaga Lake as much as I was.

I’m at the top of the world

Oh, no, we thought. The Gateway Arch website won’t sell us any tickets. Five of us wanted to go fully appreciate the landmark after the Library and Marketing Conference 2019 had concluded. We’d witnessed the majesty from the adjacent Hyatt Regency at the Arch often during our stay. Let’s walk over and see if we…