Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I'm wrapping up my series of posts about our family trip to Ireland with Dublin, the last chapter of an epic adventure. Our stops along the Wild Atlantic Way exhilarated all of our senses. I will, for instance, always remember the bowl of mint pea soup I ate at an unassuming roadside tavern overlooking both [...]
If you want to meet a Wisconsinite, just wander down to Alabama during spring break. You’ll find us, and only us, chillin’ in a lukewarm pool or a frankly cold ocean, blue-lipped and determined to enjoy the amenities. Both anecdotal and causal evidence supports this statement. With the air temperature hovering just under 60 degrees, [...]
On the morning of his 60th birthday, my husband made me breakfast in bed. I had suggested a million different ways to celebrate the milestone. Bucks game? Big party with lots of friends and family? Small dinner party? He declined them all. He wanted to spend a quiet weekend at our cabin and then have [...]
If you want to enjoy winter, you just have to be a mitten-losing, snowball-making, snowflake-tasting, sled ride-whooping kid. It's easy! You can start with a cheap plastic saucer and just enough snow. Then find a big hill somewhere, settle your creaky old bones in and let 'er rip. I'll tell you what happens as you [...]
Joy exploded like a fireworks encore when we all finally got together to celebrate the marriage of our son Charlie and daughter in-law Tara. Patience, planning and expert production resulted in this cool juxtaposition of a gorgeous pastoral ceremony and an elegant, hopping dance floor that throbbed with memories and fun. We were all so [...]