Ellie B and I are the only ones who give a hoot

Walking with Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle through a winter snow in our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood’s nearby Norwood Park, we noticed something sitting on a backyard post just past a fence separating us and it. I pulled Ellie B through the snow to the fence to better see the bird. Ellie B pulled…

Sad, miffed and still slightly confused about Syracuse Orange and college sports in general

I’ve let this news of my hometown Syracuse University’s self-imposed penalty of no post-season play for the Orange men’s basketball squad swim around in my head and gut a couple of days before attempting to make sense of how this makes me feel about college sports, life in general in this college city and how…

Snow way that’s right

My dear wife Karen took the day off from work today, so she scheduled a nail appointment for Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle for 10 a.m. Yeah, our beloved rescue mutt does not like getting the paw nails clipped, so we take her to the vet every couple of months for the chore. It’s better…

Souper Bowl IC

This was my dinner so I could get out quickly for my Thursday night bowling league, what with my dear wife Karen having plans to dine out right from work with her friend Marie without stopping at our beloved Little Bitty in the Syracuse City neighborhood of Eastwood. One can of condensed Vegetable Alphabet soup,…

A delightful flash of Cardinal red in winter

I’ve spent the two summers since I’ve started this blog ready to grab my iPhone or iPad for its camera whenever the Cardinal red flashed by the backyard of the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood Little Bitty shared by my dear wife Karen and I. I’ve never been quick enough to get a good shot.…

Feeling negative from the start

I heard the furnace running before I opened my eyes. I did not hear the furnance stop. I heard my dear wife Karen open the door to the back porch to step out and open the back porch door so Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle could do her Tuesday morning thing and felt the dog…

Feeling like a bogey man in Syracuse

It happens every year at this time. I always put on my TV thinking it may make me feel better. The PGA Tour golfers are at the Kapalua Plantation Course in Hawaii for its annual Tournament of Champions. I dialed in my iPad Air at 5 p.m. Friday to snap a photo from round one.…

Flat screens, empty stools at the bar and my dear wife Karen

Our tummies full from a great New Year’s Eve dinner at Rico’s Ristorante and the clock still more than three hours from the ball-drop, my dear wife Karen and I headed to our favorite neighborhood bar just blocks from the Little Bitty in our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood. The lights were on along James…

Happy New Year’s Eve from Syracuse, N.Y.

Are you ready for the ball to drop for 2015? Do you feel you dropped the ball in 2014 or handled life pretty well? Today’s the day to tie up any loose ends for this year. Better hurry. And tonight’s the night to welcome in the new year with great hopes, big plans, newfound inspiration,…

The muddy prints of a 4-year-old

Somebody young was traipsing through the muddy backyard of our home in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood during this holiday week and then heard visitors arrive inside. They wanted in. Badly. But they couldn’t quite figure out how to work the tricky handle of the French door. We did not have a toddler visiting…