Editors note: Wilson, my 12-year old nephew, whipped up this guest post following our Thanksgiving dinner and rousing card game. Thanksgiving is a wonderful holiday. You get say what you're thankful for, like food and shelter. The best part is becoming a living "food vacuum," then crashing on a couch and moaning, then, when pie [...]
Month: November 2014
But, most of all, we love each other
This year, as our home slowly fills with the people I love, and empty glasses collect in random places throughout the house, and the washing machine begins its steady thump, and pots bang on the stove, and earnest chatter fills every quiet room, and strong hands plump extra pillows, and muddy footprints track snow across [...]
In Thanksgiving for a weekend of pilgrimages, including a shrine
During a hectic weekend filled with annual pilgrimages to both La Crosse, for the Wisconsin State Theatre Festival, and to Madison, for Fundamentally Sound's Fall Show, we detoured for a little while to a beautiful shrine. Located just outside La Crosse, Wisconsin, The Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe proved to be a sweet respite [...]
One Class Act
Just before 5 a.m. yesterday, Molly and I pulled into her dark, cold high school parking lot, active with working snow plows and assembling theatre kids. Then I watched as the students and their fearless director boarded two yellow school buses for the 175 mile trek to LaCrosse, Wisconsin. Last night, they performed a showcase [...]
Seven reasons you’re going to love this Polar Vortex
The thought blew in on an icy gust as I stood next to my poor, shivering little car, eyes streaming, nose running, hair flapping, bare hand stuck to the gas nozzle like a wet tongue on a frozen flagpole. This polar vortex is going to be fun. It will be, too, because every season has [...]