Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Summer sounds like baseball. The happy murmur of settling fans, the crack of the bat, the thunk of the ball in a thick leather mitt, the rhythmic clap of the universal cheers. "Peanuts! Popcorn! Cotton Candy!" We spent Monday night at the Timber Rattlers Stadium, along with our 94-year old friend Nai Chang and his [...]
One of us is marching toward fall with her chin in the air, left arm tucked in a cozy wool sweater, right hand holding a crunchy apple. The other is taking a more languid pace, bare toes dragging in wet sand, marshmallow mustache on surly lip, face turned toward the setting summer sun. Here is [...]
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 [...]
I missed the summer solstice this year, worn out by all the activities made possible by that day. Also, I'm old. In a perfect world, we'd have celebrated with reckless abandon, dancing around a roaring fire and toasting the moon. In my world, I jammied up in daylight, tucked myself in, watched a little Cutthroat [...]
I saw the breaking news report, "Bear, cubs reported near Peabody Park" and did what any self-respecting blogger would do. I grabbed my camera and set off for Peabody Park, located smack in the middle of Appleton, Wisconsin. I don't know much about bears (though I am reasonably sure the scat I stepped around near [...]