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The Garden is Alive

April is different every day, even though it may look the same at first glance through the ‘shower curtain’ that it brings. Where I really notice April is not at eye level, it’s most amazing between the ground and my knees.  I … Continue reading

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Green Infrastructure Partner awarded to

Green Infrastructure Partner awarded to #Syracuse & Onondaga County. Happy Earth Day! http://ht.ly/4Frt9

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EPA Brings Great ‘Green’ News

Wednesday, the Environmental Protection Agency named Syracuse/Onondaga County a ‘green infrastructure partner’, one of ten such honorees in the country.  Green infrastructure, according to the EPA, uses “open space and natural areas, such as greenways, wetlands, parks, forests and native … Continue reading

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TOPS in The Valley?

Since TOPS Friendly Markets took over the long-troubled P&C grocery store chain, they’ve made improvements to many of their stores. Most recently, there was a $2.5 million, major renovation to the Nottingham Plaza TOPS, a few miles from the SU … Continue reading

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Didn’t sleep too well last night. wecar

Didn’t sleep too well last night. wecareaboutsyracuse.com http://ht.ly/4BD4a

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A Random Act of Vandalism

It was 12:53AM when my landscaping was turned against me by an idiot with a hankering to throw a stone through a window. Fortunately, it was the window of the storm door only, not the window in the front door … Continue reading

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Equal Justice For All

Recently our community relived some of the incomprehensible agony of last fall, as Steven Pieper was sentenced to his agreed-upon term of 23 years to life for killing Jenni-Lyn Watson, a beautiful young suburban college student home for Thanksgiving break.  … Continue reading

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Music (and Winter and Syracuse) Appreciation

Last night, we thoroughly enjoyed the Syracuse Symphony Orchestra’s performance of Vivaldi’s The Four Seasons.  The performance was one of the ‘Beyond the Score’ series, originated by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, which includes a presentation on the life of the composer, … Continue reading

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Themes for 2011

Yesterday, I took a walk on the Erie Canal trail between Fayetteville and Minoa. While I was not physically within the city limits, my mind was – and my walk gave me a window through which to reflect on last … Continue reading

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Christmas in #Syracuse: quiet sights of

Christmas in #Syracuse: quiet sights of downtown and SU http://ht.ly/3uoXb #tbc01

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