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…

Keaton’s ‘Birdman’ alights on a lofty perch at Manlius Art Cinema

It felt right to see “Birdman” in an art cinema. The Manlius Art Cinema, to be exact, a tiny movie house about a dozen miles to the southeast of Syracuse, N.Y., where art movies come to run on a screen way smaller than those employed by the big chains nearby and watched by … well,…

The balls were rolling

To complete the thought on Oh, balls … I like bowling on Sunday mornings in my Thursday night league. See my previous post if that statement leaves you scratching your head. Cici’s Pizza took two of three games and total wood from the second-place team. I was happy with my first and third games, most…

Oh, balls

It takes all kinds at Bowling Green in Cicero, N.Y. I came prepared to capture the colorful spectrum of bowling balls that roll these days at my Thursday night league just to the north of Syracuse. The other squad was dressed in matching team shirts, and not T’s, either. Our CiCi Pizza T-shirts, received at…

The Nano Poblano Oddly Specific Gratitude Blog Hop!

Mental Mama has nominated me to be the next in the oddly specific gratitude blog hop, which is oddly awesome to me. Some days I still wonder who all is actually reading this drivel. Here’s what to do: 1. Add to the list with your own oddly specific bits of gratitude. Add as few or…

A walk with Ellie B takes flight

A long loop walk with Ellie B aka Dogamous Pyle this week took us behind the apartment complex more than a few blocks away from our home in the Syracuse city neighborhood home of Eastwood. I noticed a Fed Ex truck stopped on the extreme right side of the lot, hugging the bit of unkempt…

One week down, Nano Poblano, many great posts written: A blog roll

Are you hanging in there after our first seven days of November, Nano Poblano teammates? We’ve accomplished plenty. Fish of Gold started the wildly entertaining Blog Hop story. Who, what and why? We are in the middle of something fun, funny and very entertaining. I began Blog Hop II: The Name Game. Do you think…

Our Trader Joe’s does seem pretty cool after all

I wasn’t sure what to expect when my dear wife Karen and I stepped into Syracuse’s Trader Joe’s at last a few weekends ago. The buzz was big. But I knew I couldn’t eat the cookie butter. Which is actually ice cream, I found out. Still can’t eat it. I saw not one no sugar…

Nano Poblano Blog Hop II: The Name Game

They say imitation is the cheapest greatest form of thievery flattery. So with no shame at all, I’m putting a small twist to the most excellent Nano Poblano group effort short story started by Fish of Gold. Yes, Team Pepper, Little Pepper, my friends in November bloggery, I am starting Nano Poblamo Blog Hop II…

Nano Poblano Blog Hop story

I have been chosen to continue the Nano Poblano Blog Hop Story that Fish of Gold started. Thank you grandmalin over at Breathing Space for passing it on to me! The Blog Hop rules are simple: 1. Add a new post on your blog with these rules, the story so far, and who’s bee tagged.…