Turning Stone glows in misty holiday light

This August I marveled at the bright colors around the grounds at the Turning Stone Resort and Casino some 25 miles down the Thruway from Syracuse. Here’s the post with my pictures from that lovely day. On the way back to our car with my dear wife Karen from the dinner with the kids to…

Gingerbread houses sweeten Turning Stone

My dear wife Karen and I arrived a bit early for my Beddian Birthday dinner celebration with the kids Sunday at the big buffet restaurant at Turning Stone Resort and Casino some 25 miles up the New York State Thruway from Syracuse. It seems I told Karen that set 4:30 as our meeting time but…

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…

A movie on HBO makes me think about my little slice of America

I started to watch my HBO-recorded version of “Lone Survivor” on my flat screen with my movie critic eyes. Mark Wahlberg was cool under fire as soldier Marcus Luttrell, caught with his team in the mountains, battling the Taliban on its terms. Peter Berg wrote and directed this true story from Luttrell’s book with a…

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…

Fallen firefighter Bobby Beddia discovered the magical match of birth year, age

All the views stacking up daily on my post about being born in 1957 and turning 57 this year got me to searching again today. And this morning I came up with a new and exciting hit. The site greetingcarduniverse.com is offering cards for this year, complete with a name. It’s the year of the…

A search for the true meaning of 57 for ’57

Update: I have found the ultimate tribute to a fallen firefighter who discovered the magic of the match between birth year and age. That once-in-a-lifetime happening is now called the Beddian Birthday. Click here to read my piece about it. A month ago, I wrote about the allure of the fact that everybody born in…

Those of us born in 1957 will turn 57 this year

Update: I have discovered that this special match is now called the Beddian Birthday. Find out why by clicking to my story here. Before another day of 2014 slips by, I must weigh in on a fact that’s quite intriguing to me. All of us born in the year 1957 will experience our 57th birthday…