Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I am drawn annually to the column Leonard Pitts wrote in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. A Pulitzer Prize winning author, Pitts wrote eloquently on a day that rendered nearly everyone else speechless. I used his piece for years in my high school journalism classes as an example of excellence under pressure. I'll link [...]
Twenty-five year ago today, our daughter Katherine sang the National Anthem at the Packer home opener. As she stood there alone on that iconic field, pig-tailed and nearly tripping inside her grandpa's giant jersey, we worried the experience might traumatize her, that she might forget the words or freeze in terror when she eyed the [...]
Our Badgers may not have played like champions last night at Lambeau Field, but their fans sure did. Notre Dame fans came to play as well and, together, they turned that iconic old stadium into a rollicking cauldron of red, green and blue joy. I found myself book-ended by Fighting Irish fans, which might have [...]
My sister Kathy was born with a silver rattle in her hands -- all the players' babies born during those first Packer Super Bowl years were. Packer legend Vince Lombardi and his wife Marie visited the wives in the hospital and gifted their newborns a sterling silver rattle. (Back then, ladies stayed in the hospital [...]
We’re squeezing the last drops of that delicious lemon yellow ball of fun called summer. Last week, we walked across the street to say good-bye to Erb Park swimming. But, that quick send-off didn’t seem like enough, so we marched to our house, changed into our suits, and headed back for a proper dip. A [...]
