It’s my Beddian Birthday, time for wine and poses

I’m 57 years old today, this guy born in 1957. It’s my Beddian Birthday. My dear wife Karen and Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle started the day off by presenting me with a big pile of wonderful gifts. With our new-found enthusiasm for Cabernet Savignon since our spring bus tour excursion to the Finger Lakes…

On Dec. 7, I’m moved to think about numbers

Of course Dec. 7 means so much to many people. Pearl Harbor. Horror. Honor. War. Bravery. All of those emotions will forever be tied to the morning of Dec. 7, 1941, when the Japanese Air Force descended upon Honolulu and destroyed the U.S. ships in the Hawaiian base. My dear wife Karen and I toured…

Carlos Santana soars, with no obstructions

It had been while since my dear wife Karen and I had gone to a concert in the Turning Stone Resort and Casino Event Center, but when I heard the word that Carlos Santana was bringing his guitar to the 5,000-seat room just 30 miles east of Syracuse, I knew that would make one heckuva…

Sure, it’s a birthday, but we celebrate longer than that

My dear wife Karen marks another year on our planet this week. Not today. And we haven’t reached the big day yet. We have, though, started our celebration. By now I am quite aware, and thoroughly pleased, that we do not have to limit the great joy for this occasion to one single day. Happy…

As those of us born in 1957 turn 57, the birthday should be special

We are just about halfway through our Beddian Birthday year, those of us born in 1957. I know a whole lot of you are considering the charm of the convergence of those numbers, just as I began to in January. I wanted to write about the 57th birthday year for the birth year of 1957…

Give me my Dunkin’ Donuts coffee and get that Starbucks away from me

My coffee-drinking career started at gas stations. Every once in a while, I’d pull in during my 35-mile drive to work those days and buy a cup of pick-me-up. I was already an adult, on the north side of 30. Why, after all those years of sodas, I experimented with cup ‘o joe, I’m not…

Food and toys make for one wonderful birthweekend

When we brought our beloved puppy Ellie B, aka Dogamous Pyle, to doggie day care three years ago, they told us that she was Food Oriented and Toy Possessive. Where did she get that from, I wondered about our rescue mutt. Which brings me to my recap of my birthweekend. We shall take it plate…

On my 56th birthday, I wonder about my birth day

I just googled This Date in History for Dec. 14, 1957. The site dayoftheweek.org tells me it was a Saturday. A slow day, according to historyorb.com. A play titled “Most Happy Fella” closed after 678 performances at New York City’s Imperial Theater. “Rumple” closed at the Alvin Theater after 45 performances. An American author by…