I heard we gained an hour but I can’t find mine. Did I lose it in the shower? Or that rabbit hole online? Is it hiding in the corner of a place already rife with the remnants of the upsets in my wild and crazy life? I’ve checked behind the curtains, I’ve searched under the [...]
I recently got to spend some time with two people who have immersed themselves in the wine culture. So, I’ve been sipping the good stuff, from grapes and in life. Father Gordon Gilsdorf described that analogy beautifully in this poem: On Being 50. Wines grow bitter with age or better. 50 is a vintage year, [...]
"I want to be rich!" the small boy said as he wished upon a star And the wise moon whispered back, “You already are.” “I wish to be rich!” the small boy said to the dandelion seed. And the wind it rode on answered, “You have everything you need.” “I want to be real rich,” [...]
Here's December's secret: there's magic in the air. And each sleeting windstorm carries it somewhere. It dusts the ground below your feet to lighten up your step and turns your boots to dancing shoes, your schlep to pirouette. The season can be tricky when folks carry such a load and all their Christmas wishes can't [...]
Let’s live like Wisconsin in October and let the sun light us with unabashed glee even as winter looms. Let’s wink and shimmy our russet leaves, hoist them high and proud and then let them fall without regret. Let’s keep our rustic roads all spruced up so they’re always ready to welcome wanderers. And, when [...]