Come on, dog owners, it’s obviously not a public park

Grumpus Bialczak will now officially begin this civics lesson. We’ll start with a multiple choice question: The green space in the accompanying photo looks like: A) An empty lot between two Eastwood houses. B) A green space that neighbors sometimes use when special summertime occasions yield a guest list too large for just one yard.…

Hi, bud! I see you like your new location

Two weekends ago, we lovingly placed our new flowering Robinson Crabapple tree in the hole I’d dug in our front yard in Eastwood. Last night, my dear wife Karen burst through the door upon her return from work with one of those emphatic sentences that gets both a question mark and exclamation point. Did you…

Goose, goose, duck!

On a blustery Eastwood stroll with dear Dogamous Pyle, aka Ellie B, we encountered two resting geese in Norwood Park. One quick bark later, they took flight on a beeline over our ducking heads. I plan to make photos that catch my interest a periodic feature on markbialczak.com. Let’s call it Syracuse through the ‘i’…