The saga of snow and Syracuse city living Part II

So you know what happens when you get to the bottom of your driveway in the Syracuse city neighorhood of Eastwood all cleared from the night’s worth of snow, including the big pile deposited by the snow plow at the bottom, right? Inevitably? I still had my shovel in hand and was attacking the middle…

Take it to the (snow) bank

The plow came through our Syracuse city neighborhood of Eastwood last night. I call that good news and bad news. Yes, we live at the foot of a rather sharp grade for an urban setting — remember my Syracuse half-marathon photos of runners careening down past our house the past two winters? — so that…

All they are saying, is give peace a chance

I felt at home at the Plowshares Craftsfair & Peace Festival Saturday, soaking up the vibe and taking pictures with my iPhone 6. I wrote about the 44th edition of the fundraising event from my weekly community blog for Syracuse Public Media site waer.org. There are plenty of my photographs to go along with it…

More than a dusting, less than a Nor’easter

The snow the weather folks had been talking about for days — Nor’easter was their fright word I shared with in yesterday’s post direct from my wait in the car dealer’s service waiting room — finally showed up at our house in the Syracuse city nieghborhood of Syracuse after 10 last night. My verdict this…

Waiting for the Nor’easter and my Chevy Cruze

The oil change and tire rotation has been on my radar for a few weeks now. My car dealership is faithful with its email reminders of such matters. So too is the monthly bulletin I get from OnStar, the high-tech service I continue to pay for because the radio commercial succeeded to convince me how…

Collecting coats and gloves to help children in need

It’s become a regular mission for Syracuse hip-hop artists R Source and Tyler Walton. For the fourth year in a row, R R Source and Dutch Beetz have organized their Beat the Cole for the Kids campaign. The versatile entertainment veterans ask everybody to open their hearts and look in their closets for new warm…

Cathy’s Corner Cafe moves out to Syracuse’s west side

My dear wife Karen had me with the text words open house and free food. I love the holiday season. Our great and longtime friend Michelle — you might recall her from Martinfest, which my goodness is rolling around again in a few months we decided as we sat Wednesday night at a table with…

I think the squirrels will be up in the air this winter

Back when I last changed my header photo two seasons ago, my friend Bill of Evil Squirrel’s Nest shouted that he saw one up a tree. A squirrel’s nest, that is. In a tree. In a photograph. In my blog header. Anyway, that’s obviously stuck in my head because walking Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle…

Discovering a new angle of an old friend

When my dear wife Karen and I settled in to eat bodadcious barbecue Sunday night before Castle Creek took the stage at Upstairs at Upstairs at the Dinosaur, two friendly faces asked if two chairs either side of us were taken. Peter Allen and his wonderful wife Sherry joined us. We’ve been friends through three…

Zoomy with my new iPhone 6

My own shots always win out over their better-looking brothers and sisters I can find with a good Google. What with the largesse granted blogworld by Getty Images for photo use within sensible limits, one could pretty up most any post with professional portraits, landscapes, action. But still I go my own way with my…