Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
My friend Tami and I found ourselves in a win-win-win situation earlier this spring when a representative from the Laughing Fox Farms paid us a visit. Mitch Eggers, our sons' friend, offered us a share in a new Community Supported Agriculture farm operated just outside out town. Fresh Produce? Win. The chance to support an [...]
Though we toasted it simply, with a quick meal at our neighborhood Chinese restaurant, yesterday marked a significant milestone for Molly and me, the last day of her first year of high school. She gave her freshman year a nine out of ten, which is high praise from someone who began the year getting cut [...]
The fresh air-grilled chicken-crackling campfire smell of summer greeted us last Saturday night as we made our way through tall snow banks to our friends’ house across town. We clumped toward the fire in our thick winter boots and held wool mittened hands up to its glow. Inside the house grew a neighborhood party with [...]
This morning we're sipping tea from a china cup because we're celebrating life and the woman who gave it to us. More than a decade ago, my grandma packed up her everyday china and sent it back to Wisconsin with me. A sense of practicality and control, her two main attributes, led her to dole [...]
I'll always be grateful to Gulliver, the first turkey I ever cooked. From his humble beginnings on a farm owned by my father's friend, Gulliver grew to be the largest turkey we ever cooked in our oven -- weighing in at a whopping 22.46 lbs. He was a feisty turkey, even post-mortem, attempting a daring escape from our [...]