OK, I do know you

Rain, rain go away All the Polish people need to come out and eat their kielbasa pierogi golabki with sauerkraut please and thank you. After catching the matinée showing of Inside Out on Father’s Day, my daughter Elisabeth, her boyfriend George Three, and my dear wife Karen and I headed to downtown Syracuse and Clinton…

It’s OK when Pixar plays head games, Inside Out proves

Please do go with your kids to see Inside Out. I spent the pre-lunch hours of my Father’s Day delightfully with my daughter Elisabeth taking in the stark emotions of Joy and Sadness and the many shades in between in the full Regal Cinemas theater for matinée showing of the 15th Pixar picture from Disney.…

Oh, to be 4

Spiderman leads leaps over blocks as high as their heads Silly string shoots straight taking turns to build webs on the big old tree Pizza and fruit salad and chips and dip feed all the old people in shifts Eyes light up for singing because then comes Cupcakes Three flavors of cupcakes and yes to…

A slice of near-Solstice sun for Dogamous Pyle

One day from the Summer Solstice in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood, and Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle knows exactly where to go on her 7 a.m. get-out into the backyard of the Little Bitty. Let there be light, indeed. Lots of light. According to the charts in The Post-Standard, our sun rose at…

While we were away, birds ate, waste was hauled and new blooms emerged

Meanwhile back at the Little Bitty in the Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood … Remember I reported that just prior to departure to Cape Cod and our annual pre-tourist rush week in the Happy Cottage that I noticed red fruit on the branches of our just-transplanted front-yard Snow Fountain you all helped name Cherry Cherry?…

Tools of the trade, I’d like to reintroduce you

I’ve worked hard since the January 2013 layoff from the big daily to become more relevant in the infrastructure of BloggyVille. Lift up the hood and know as much as I can about making this baby here hum, so to speak. And so I’ve learned to speak rudimentary Apple. As you know if you’ve read…

Make Music Day is celebrated in 700 cities worldwide. Sound good?

A whole bunch of people around the world will join together Sunday to admit that music has special powers. The idea for a community fest to celebrate such a concept started in 1989 in France. They picked June 21, the day of the Summer Solstice. Most sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere and all. Now it’s…

I spotted something red on Cherry Cherry

Before we packed Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle as the last item to fit into the car Friday night in the driveway of the Little Bitty, I took one last walk around the grounds to admire what my dear wife Karen and I had come up with this near-summer of 2015 in the Syracuse city…

Things I see only on the Cape

All it took was one walk with my dear wife Karen and Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle to realize that there are things in Cape Cod I don’t get to see in Syracuse. Karen says there’s an azalea and rhododendron among these, and that we have them right in the front garden of the Little…

The vet’s just like a doctor to a dog, right?

I spend half my life humanizing Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle. I admit it. Our beloved rescue mutt is so dang smart. If she could talk she’s freely engage my dear wife Karen and I in conversation each night about the shows we watch, the Mets games. She’d discuss the merits of wine vs. beer…