Row, row, row, no boat

On a Saturday afternoon visit to Syracuse mega shopping, dining and entertainment complex Destiny USA, my dear wife Karen and I shot a glance down past the rail as we walked on level two toward nowhere in particular. There was quite a hub-bub down on the floor of what mall organizers have dubbed The Canyon.…

The Day Humanity Washed Ashore

My blogging friend from across the pond, Amanda Lyle, has shined her considerable light on a horrendous news event that’s stirring England and Europe. Her husband set up a charity after visiting the poor areas of Syria in 2013. Please click and take in the somber tale from the usually humorous Amanda. Source: The Day…

A whole lot of mentoring will be goin’ on

The members of the Syracuse Sunshine Rotary Club are getting fired up. It’s not the biggest organization going, this 20-or-so-member philanthropic club. But, oh, they have big dreams for a festival they’ve cooked up for Aug. 15 at Kellish Hill Farms in Manlius, just a bit to the southeast of the city. It’s a music…

Riding across this great big land for a worldly cause

Brian D’Apice stayed at my good friend Jim McKeever’s house through the Memorial Day Weekend. Anybody who’s read Jim’s passionate Irish Investigations blog know how he’s one to advance the good cause any way possible. And the work of D’Apice, this project he’s calling Bicycle Around America is a great cause. D’Apice’s pedal pushing began…