This morning as I walked to work my neighbor popped out of her back door and called my name. I turned and saw her standing there in her pink bathrobe with matching slippers and earrings and I had to smile. "Good morning!" she yelled. "And thanks again for dinner last night. I love you guys!" [...]
We love to walk south through our neighborhood, past stately old houses and front porch swings, over cheerful chalk drawings and railroad tracks. An easy mile brings us downtown, where all the lights are bright, even in the day. Saturday, we sipped Door County cherry lemonade and strolled through the Appleton Farmer's Market. The bounty [...]
Magic, mystery, chocolate, creativity, laughter, cute children, game parents, what's not to love about Halloween?I'm a lifelong lover of this Celtic Harvest celebration (thank you to my well-read librarian friend Nelda for that information). Courtesy of a fun-loving dad who liked to carve pumpkins and a health-conscience mom who broke form to serve sloppy joes, [...]
Sometimes, to experience a theatrical production's true level of happy passion and sleep-deprived perfectionism, you have to look behind the scenes. Witness a drama mama's midnight sewing session, or a Diet-Mountain-Dew-fueled director's back-of-the-house pace. See the hand-painted backdrop or the hand-lettered stage floor. We've been lucky participants in the Appleton North Theatre Program for more [...]
This week as the purple petals on my favorite flowers finally emerged, we learned once again the depths of profound beauty and terrible passion Mother Nature offers. I dusted off my favorite bike and took a late afternoon ride through the city Sunday afternoon, pausing occasionally to smell the lilacs and to photograph spring's glorious [...]
