Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I slid down an AI rabbit hole yesterday, lured, ironically, by a poem. Please Use AI, posted on Instagram by @thepoetjoanna, first caught my eye. I love her lush descriptions of how genuine humanity transcends artificial intelligence. "Please use AI when your mother dies," she wrote in the first stanza. "Ask it what grief feels [...]
Where I live, summer wafts in on merry waves of music. It rises like yellow daffodils from parks, bandshells and tavern courtyards. Summer is a song here in Appleton, and we privileged mortals just have to find a seat somewhere and listen. Last night, as I sat in a lawn chair and listened to the [...]
You’ll forgive College Avenue if it needs to take a little snooze today. Saturday, on a short stretch through that main thoroughfare, Appleton hosted a bustling farmer’s market, a Pride Promenade, and the Flag Day Parade. What a day! What a city! What a relief that it all went off without a hitch! “We stand [...]
On a rainy Thursday in Appleton, I stumbled into one of Appleton’s newest confectioneries and found myself surrounded by good vibes and sweet treats. Appleton Bundt House smells like your grandma’s kitchen on a pie-baking Saturday, and it feels like home. A friendly staff seems to embody inspirational sayings scattered across the walls. “In a [...]
Having been raised by a locally known athlete, I have enjoyed a lifelong commitment to exercise. My mom, a high school tennis coach, taught us all to get up and move. At 87-years old, she still enjoys herself on the tennis court, walks at least once a day and swims whenever she can. My dad [...]
