The Erb Park Pool opens today and I can't wait. I bought our pool passes months ago, on one of those sleety Midwest afternoons that makes you wonder if summer planned to skip us this year. She took her good, sweet time but summer finally made it and it was fun to watch her unpack [...]
I like to think of Wisconsin as the High Five State, perched as it is in the center of the Midwest, with its little Door County thumb perpetually extended in a happy greeting. This weekend, our friendly neighbor to the west, high-fived us right back with a spectacular weekend we'll be treasuring for some time. [...]
Wisconsin put on a good front this weekend. She also put on a warm front, a cold front, a stationary front and an occluded front. In short, she kept us guessing and, as is our custom in this glorious but somewhat challenging state, we rolled with her punches. Too cold to swim on Friday? We [...]
My favorite sounds are the simple ones -- an old porch swing's slow creak, a robin's busy chirp, a warm breeze's whisper through tall grass, a ball's crack against a metal bat, a friend's deep belly laugh, a happy child's splash into the pool, a wave's steady lap against the sandy shore. These are the [...]
Yesterday, I called my mom to make alternative plans for our evening swimming date. “What? We’ll be fine,” she said. I glanced back at my cell phone and confirmed that the temperature outside read 58 degrees. “It’s a little chilly, don’t you think?” I said. “Listen, I’m going for my morning swim. If it’s too [...]
