Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
My daughter Katherine has been mothering people since she was old enough to sling her little toddler arm around anyone within her wingspan in need of a little pick-me-up. Strict with her brothers Charlie and Vinnie, and sweet with her baby sister Molly, Katherine has raised us all. So, I was thrilled (embarrassing so) when [...]
My daughter Katherine got married this summer under an old oak tree, a logistical, meteorological and dendrological triumph. I don't know much about trees, but I do know the one Katherine has had her eye on since she was a child is very, very old. I worried it might not live long enough to preside [...]
I swung through the Wisconsinest store in town yesterday on my way to a quick and cheesy interlude. Founded 85 years ago, Simon’s Cheese is the perfect snack or stock up shop for anyone craving a Wisconsin snack. I’d been to Simon’s Cheese many, many times over the years for various cheese purchases. I even [...]
The flowers have been among the first to return. Fragile only in appearance, they pushed their way through dusty rock and wrapped their vines around charred branches. Delicate flowers form deep roots and, sometimes, the most beautiful things in our ecosystem are also the most reliable. I thought about that often this weekend as I [...]
I’m currently out of town for a project my daughter Katherine and I have been working on since 2023. Is it a work trip, though, if it’s a labor of love? Firstly, it’s a privilege to collaborate with a human you’ve raised. What an honor! Secondly, we both love the product we’re getting ready to [...]