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Notes of a raven maniac

Last Friday night was pretty uneventful — or at least at its start. I had my dinner of Bachelor’s Standby (angel hair pasta and Ragu), read a bit of a crappy mystery, and then had to take the dogs on their nightly walk, this time around the Petrova school. When I parked and got out, a ...

A walk along Lake Kushaqua

The first time we walked a section of the old Delaware and Hudson (D&H) railroad, my daughter was learning to ride a two-wheeled bike. It was a massive undertaking, but she only landed on the ground twice — once in frustration and the second time due to a tree root. It was a successful ...

I’ve always loved Lucy

My mother was a redhead. My father was dark Irish. Because of this, my childhood mind illogically believed that Lucy and Ricky Ricardo were actually my parents. Small details like never hearing my father speak in a foreign language or that he was a lineman, not an entertainer, weren’t ...

Syracuse serious with traffic violations near schools

Drivers in Syracuse will soon face $50 fines for violating school speed limits and running red lights as the city rolls out new traffic cameras. According to a recent article in the Syracuse Post Standard, the city plans to have the cameras installed where school speed limits are in ...