My former college housemate and eternal friend recently survived a 50-car pileup on a busy Wisconsin highway. A former PICU nurse and lifelong pediatric nurse, she has seen and dealt with many traumatic situations in her life. Her training and unflappability came in handy in the aftermath of that crash...that and a cooler I gave [...]
We both did our best on that last, cold day but, like Carole King said, it was too late, baby. My trusty Townie, the bike that had been with me for 18 years, got stuck in first gear and, as I pedaled so furiously and yet so painfully slowly that my young companions had to [...]
I have been a mother for 34 years. I have also been a godmother, a mother in-law, a room mother, foster mother and, on at least two occasions when I’ve encountered someone with an exceptionally foul mouth having a very bad day, a mother-rhymes-with-trucker. Mother’s Day is for me. I like to celebrate it by [...]
I like my tailgate brats hot off the grill, a little crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside, served on a Sheboygan hard roll with brown mustard and grilled onions. I enjoy a good gameday debate about the beer soak and various condiment options, but I don't need to know how the sausage is [...]
I love to walk through the woods on any occasion, but especially with my daughter Molly because she knows things. Yesterday, we went foraging -- she for morel mushrooms, garlic mustard and stinging nettles and me for stories. While she came up empty handed, which is good, she said, because garlic mustard and stinging nettles [...]
