Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
We followed a metaphorical rainbow to Stockholm, Wisconsin on Saturday and found a treasure more precious than gold — family time. We also got to celebrate an early St. Paddy’s Day with some of the most charming people you’ll ever meet. A parade through Stockholm never disappoints and this one featured bagpipes, heaps of candy, [...]
Our Irish eyes are still smiling thanks to a Saturday that included songs, shamrocks, shenanigans and a successfully executed sisterly surprise. It all happened, as so many good things do, at the Humble Moon Saloon. We had come to Maiden Rock for the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade and shindig. This year we brought a [...]
Yesterday I hung out for a little while with an Irish blessing. At 92-years old, she jigs a little slower than she did when she was knee-deep in children and baking cookies for the neighborhood. But, her words fly as fast and witty as they did when she was the 16-year old Maypole Queen of [...]
Subtly dressed as the Irish flag, our 85-year old neighbor Connie invited us to her house last weekend to eat pizza and shake shamrocks on her super fantastic molasses cookies. "I'm Catholic, I'm Irish and I'm senile," she announced cheerfully as we ducked under the large St. Patrick's Day banner that hung outside her door. [...]