Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Twenty-five year ago today, our daughter Katherine sang the National Anthem at the Packer home opener. As she stood there alone on that iconic field, pig-tailed and nearly tripping inside her grandpa's giant jersey, we worried the experience might traumatize her, that she might forget the words or freeze in terror when she eyed the [...]
My sister Kathy was born with a silver rattle in her hands -- all the players' babies born during those first Packer Super Bowl years were. Packer legend Vince Lombardi and his wife Marie visited the wives in the hospital and gifted their newborns a sterling silver rattle. (Back then, ladies stayed in the hospital [...]
There must have been a little something extra in the water at the Village Apartments in Green Bay back in the 1960s. (Well, there was a little something extra in the water at the Bettis house next door. 🤣) Either way, the people who lived there went on to live impressive lives, and they have [...]
Fame snuck into Green Bay under the black fedora of a man who knew just when to doff it. Legendary Coach Vince Lombardi and his elegant wife Marie had big plans when they came to Green Bay in 1959. They wanted to win football games, sure. But they also wanted to elevate the league. To [...]
Most of the streets are named after trees in our daughter Molly’s new town. I love that. Molly knows trees like doctors know their patients. Take a walk with Molly and she’ll introduce you to Maple, Ash, Elm and Mulberry. She’ll tell you all about their habits, history and, ahem, procreation proclivities. So it seems [...]