Bake and I, through KP’s lens

Since the ‘80s … KP sent Bake and I a photo he took of us on the track in Saratoga. We look like we’ve been hanging out with each other for a good, long time. Yes, I’ve known these two since I started working at the Syracuse daily in August, 1983. Using all my fingers…

A patio party with a firepit warms our weekend

We’ve heard word of this big patio, my dear wife Karen and I, from the planning stages to the digging and pouring to the inevitable haggling about finishing touches with contractors. I was not pleased when damage was done to the steps that DJ had put in previously. Make it right, dude … When somebody…

The kids from across the street

Remember the family that always seemed to be there when you were growing up, the troop that had somebody who pretty much matched up in age to somebody in your own tribe? Chances are good that your mothers hung out. Dolores Bialczak and Kitty Dorazio were quite pleased that their combined seven offspring were growing…