Ellie B likes the new look, same old feel of her couch

My dear wife Karen and I got new chairs to appreciate the living room of A Bitty Better in the Liverpool neighborhood of Galeville. Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle got to keep the couch she loved so much. She did, however, have to get accustomed to its facelift. The new slipcover and comforter to better…

Now You See Me 2 keeps you guessing again and again and again

The Four Horseman are back, sort of, to tease the world with their powers and make things right as rain. Of course, as audiences discovered, mostly to their delight in the 2013 illusion-meets-magic-turns-into-caper eyebrow-lifter Now You See Me, don’t be so certain that what you believe one moment will be remotely close to what you…

Back with ink on my hands

I’ve got a regular column in the newspaper again, thanks to my job with the Liverpool Public Library. Every week, the weekly that serves the Village of Liverpool publishes my piece that informs folks about what’s up within our four walls. Or, sometimes, what our reach is outside those walls, too. For this guy who…

Finding fun on the SU hill

Walking up the hill toward the Carrier Dome for any Syracuse University sporting event, Crouse College always stands out. The Castle, it could be called. Taking that walk for a game last month, my dear wife Karen and I spotted some kids stamping the big hill around the building as their own. They were on…

Our new little tree makes us smile

Little by little, my dear wife Karen and I got the inside holiday decorating done in A Bitty Better exactly the way we wanted it. The final piece of the puzzle fell into place with a trip to Chuck Hafner’s Garden Center, just down the road now from our lovely new home in the Liverpool…

From a cast to a brace for my dear wife Karen

Progress! The news was good when my dear wife Karen went for her follow-up appointment to check on the healing of her fractured wrist. Her doc allowed her to go from cast to moldable brace. Next step … we’ll find out in a few weeks. There will be physical therapy involved. That much she’s been…