Well, that was worth the wait. Elton John's Farewell Yellow Brick Road finally came to Milwaukee Saturday night and it turned out to be a gorgeous extravaganza of music, showmanship and sweet memories. My sister Kathy (who, as a little girl, used to take her allowance money and bike downtown to buy records every week) [...]
Last night, my sister in-law Carol Biskupic Knight received the Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching at a Department of the Interior Ceremony in Washington D.C. Flanked by two of her five sisters, she received the huge honor with customary grace and humility, though she's been a solid candidate since she first [...]
Our friend Joe once spent a small fortune to buy tickets to see Lin-Manuel Miranda's final performance in Hamilton on July 9, 2016. The success of his spur-of-the-moment plan, which included surprising his wife Patty, who was out of town, depended on a couple of fickle factors and one not so worrisome one (because he [...]
Thanks to my dad's recognition that cool moments need to be preserved, and my mom's genius for saving just the right things, I just saw the program for the 1967 Central Cambria County Sports Hall of Fame, which, among others, included good ole Ron Kostelnik and Johnny Weissmuller. Aaaa-wah-ah-ah-ahhh--wah-ah-ah aaaaa! Tarzan himself signed the program, [...]
Hello. Mother of the Year here. I missed National Sons Day (and then ignored it) just two days after writing a glowing (though belated) post for National Daughters Day. The same week, social media land? Could you give a busy lady a break? Fortunately, I have, through my own mishaps and tardiness, raised two very [...]
