New construction, old ???

My great friend Michelle and I looked at the renovation going on across the street from this year’s Martinfest, and we wondered. What had been in that building before the supermarket and boutique coffee shop on the bottom floor and newly restored apartments to come upstairs? Even though we’d worked for decades at the big…

Now we’re cooking

One thing we did not like about the kitchen when moved into A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville in 2016 was the stove. We were spoiled by the one we’d hand-picked when we renovated the kitchen of The Little Bitty in the Syracuse neighborhood of Eastwood. We lived with the four-burner model…

We’re really grown-ups now, art-wise

My dear wife Karen and I took our time in the numerous art aisles at the grand At Home store in Syracuse mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA. We had two spots on the living room walls of A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville that we wanted to fill. We…

A portrait of Ellie B, done well by my dear wife

The finished painting is fantastic. My dear wife Karen came home from her night with friend Marie at Painting with a Twist carrying her best work yet. The evening was capture-your-pet night, and, wow, did Karen get Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle to a T. She had sent a photo of our cherished rescue mutt…

Making the most of the stairwell

My dear wife Karen had a great idea for another wall at A Bitty Better. She picked the photos we’ve know we’ve wanted to hang up for a while. They’re a collection of great places and things from our life together. We’ve even received three more taken by George Three on our Summer of 2017…

I’m getting tired of these big snows

They say the Northeast may get hit by another snowstorm Wednesday. I’m not over last Friday’s slam. This yo-yo effect, melt-and-more, is getting to me. Our vehicles were covered, and good, when I got the text the library would be opening Friday until noon instead of 9 a.m The view from my desk to the…

Sometimes you’ve gotta be more than Lucky, Logan decides

With the NASCAR drivers going round and round again, it’s a good time to pick Logsn Lucky off the Blu-Ray racks if you haven’t yet given this rollicking comedy/crime-drama a look-see yet. Directed by Steven Soderbergh from a screenplay by Rebecca Blunt, this slice of American southern culture tips its hat to the racing lifestyle…