I open the side door of our house and a waft of good smells greets me -- the yeasty goodness of fresh baked bread, Sunday-dinner richness of balsamic baked chicken, exotic tang of Croatian sausages, sweet goodness of blueberry tarts. Molly B is in the house and, like Beauty and the Beast's Be Our Guest, [...]
I stood with my neighbors yesterday and watched as a long, sad line of heroes paid respects to one of their own. Firefighter inspector Mitchell Lundgaard died Wednesday, the first Appleton firefighter to be killed in the line of duty since 1933. From Milwaukee to Appleton, emergency responders and the citizens they protect made their [...]
Editor's note: This post is a little sadder than I usually write, so if you don't want to read it today I'll understand. If you do read it, though, I'd love to hear your thoughts.... I spent last weekend at the University of Wisconsin surrounded by thousands of examples of human brains at their finest [...]
My daughter Molly has been setting her own pace since she took her first steps (to her Great-Grandpa Fey in the visiting room of his nursing home). A Thoreau-ly confident English major, she occasionally keeps pace with her companions, sometimes trails them and, every now and then, she zooms ahead. She likes to step to [...]
As I make hasty plans to celebrate the final college graduation of my maternal career, I am pondering the beauty of parental transitions. I should be confirming reservations, packing, even figuring out what I’m going to wear. But I accidentally pulled out an old shoebox that sent me down a familiar detour and now I’m [...]
