Fifteen years ago, just shy of his 12th birthday, my son Charlie traveled to Egypt with his Grandma Peggy and his Aunt Kathy. The once in a lifetime trip proceeded smoothly, though, under my mother's strict we're-in-a-really-foreign-country-and-God-knows-whether-this-food-is-safe-to-eat dietary guidelines, Charlie lost 11 pounds. Apparently, cucumbers (because you peel them) and dry bread made the Grandma [...]
The best thing about yesterday's disappointing Packer game turned out to be the person sitting in section 120, row 27, seat 3. Granny Thelma has been a Packer fan for 86 years, but Sunday marked the first time she'd ever been to Lambeau Field. Sadly, our beloved Pack did not bring their A game to [...]
If you want to know what Veteran’s Day means, watch a soldier salute. Witness the arm. Crisp snap upward, precise elbow bend, right hand over right eyebrow. Watch the hand. It won’t falter, no matter how wrinkled the skin, nor pronounced the veins. It will maintain a proud, perfect angle. See the face. Chin up, [...]
Virginia Lee Burton would have loved Appleton's annual elementary school winter art project. Author of the cheerfully feminist Katy and the Big Snow and several other award winning children's books, Burton celebrated art in all forms and founded Folly Cove, a group of internationally recognized artisans. By asking elementary school children to decorate snow shovels, [...]
Dear Past Molly, You had a pretty tough time with phyllo dough. You pounded and rolled and pressed and shimmied your dough for hours, and in the end it was more bark dough than leaf dough. You may have phylloed the burn, but you certainly didn’t phyllo the dough. That’s okay, I understand. You’re still [...]