Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I will always be grateful my daughter Katherine suggested we use professional podcast equipment to record our interviews as we began preparing to write our book, Lambeau Ladies -- the Boundary-Breaking Women Behind Lombardi's Packers. She always knew these stories would make an excellent podcast. As soon as I heard their voices -- Barbara Gregg's [...]
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 [...]
