Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
The quiet crept into our house like smoke on the water, thanks to billowing clouds of actual smoke on the water. The public pool across the street stood shrouded and empty, a lone frog croaked in the retention pond nearby. It is astonishing how loud silence can be, especially on a warm summer afternoon. The [...]
I like the way my Uncle Steve looked at my Aunt Doris as they renewed the weddings vows. I imagine he looked at her just that way on their wedding day 60 years ago. That look of love and gratitude tells a sweet story for a young couple full of excitement, pride and hope. It [...]
While writing can be a solitary process, our project has felt like a big, ole party. As my daughter Katherine and I wrote Lambeau Ladies -- the Boundary-Breaking Women Behind Lombardi's Packers, and sifted through the interviews we recorded for the podcast, we transported ourselves back to Green Bay in the 1960s right along with [...]
Bruce the Spruce wasn’t the only celebrity who drew shoppers to H. C. Pranges in the 1960s. The Packer wives did too. An elegant department store with a fifth floor restaurant that looked out over the Fox River, H.C. Pranges boasted a talking tree that greeted holiday shoppers. Bruce the Spruce answered kids when they [...]
I jogged from Minnesota to Wisconsin last week, which was not nearly as impressive as the town from which I launched my little jaunt. Stillwater, the birthplace of Minnesota, lies just across the Wisconsin border. A river town, it’s full of history, wit and ice cream. How could you not love a town that has [...]
