At lunch in Oneida, we walk into the biggest painted rock yet

My terrific daughter Elisabeth, sensational significant George Three and I took a late lunch during my staycation last week. I picked Ye Olde Pizza Pub, blocks from their apartment in Oneida. Elisabeth’s eyes went wide as we neared the entrance. The biggest painted rock the three of us have ever seen rested against a beam.…

Great new place for the kids

My sweet daughter and her sensational significant have done well. They’ve moved into a new place. It’s their first joint venture under the same roof. The kids invited my dear wife Karen and I over for our first look-see last Sunday, a brunch date. We were impressed. George Three was putting the finishing touches on…

Nice place to work, my dear daughter

When I drove east to Madison County earlier this week, I took a few minutes to stop in to say hello to my wonderful daughter Elisabeth. She said it was OK to stop in where she works in Hamilton. I didn’t want to interrupt things in the physical therapy wing by snapping any photos with…

Rest well, pops

My dear wife Karen was a bit unsettled when I got home from work recently. She obviously had something out of the ordinary to tell me. We’d received a package, she said, leading me up the stairs to the guest room. It was covered with brown paper for shipping. I saw the word Cremains stamped…

Ellie B and Bailey enjoy the Chiefs’ Bark in the Park

Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle made a new friend at Bark in the Park this season. Our cherished rescue mutt’s ears went back when her beloved George Three piled out of the car in the NBT Bank Stadium parking lot with my terrific daughter Elisabeth and … Bailey. Another dog! My dear wife Karen had…

On the wall, with love

My wonderfully talented daughter Elisabeth has done it again. She made one of her Mother’s Day presents for my dear wife Karen, with some carpentry help from significant George Three. It’s beautiful. Karen decided it should live on the wall of the second bedroom on the main floor of A Bitty Better in the Liverpool…

My daughter and George Three know what my wife loves

After our great Food Truck Festival afternoon on Mother’s Day, wonderful daughter Elisabeth and significant George Three had gifts from the car for my dear wife Karen. They beamed as the opening of the hatch of her Kia Soul revealed two awesome plants and a homemade wall-hanging. She said the red azalea screamed to her…

I’m set for a warm head, thanks to my crafty daughter

My wonderful daughter Elisabeth texted while I sat in The Cobblestone Saturday, sharing a lunch and good conversation with buddies KP, Tater and Nolan. She had something to give me, she said, and she and terrific significant George Three were chasing Pokemon over in Onondaga Lake Park. When our foursome was done with the pizza,…