I knew the Packers would be hard pressed to win a playoff game without my sister Kathy and me in the stands. We've been to every home playoff game since 1994 and I have to say Section 117 looked pretty lonely yesterday without us. Also, my son Charlie pointed out that Aaron Rodgers is undefeated [...]
The light showed up on my kitchen table. As it had been a while since we'd seen each other, I stopped, stared, and watched it move with purpose toward the other side. The morning sun dappled through the lead-glass pane and beckoned me, so I dropped everything, closed my laptop, found my coat and followed, [...]
Sometimes I wonder, as I look at historical photos, how the people in them view themselves today. I think, for instance, about the New Orleans mothers who woke up on November 14, 1960, got dressed, combed their hair (or tied a scarf around their rollers), fed their children, maybe packed a lunch or two, and [...]
Not since Jerry Kramer and Dick Schaap chronicled the 1967 Packer season in the classic sports book Instant Replay has a member of that storied franchise so eloquently described what happens behind the scenes of an historic season. Enter Robert Tonyan, a somewhat unlikely hero of this record-setting Packer season. Thanks to a piece he [...]
I spent some time repairing my love lights last night, because it feels like the way forward in this country starts right here, in our own homes. So, I choose light and love. As a symbol of that, I dug the very gross spider webs out of my lights, replaced the batteries and a few [...]
