Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
My daughter Katherine got married this summer under an old oak tree, a logistical, meteorological and dendrological triumph. I don't know much about trees, but I do know the one Katherine has had her eye on since she was a child is very, very old. I worried it might not live long enough to preside [...]
In the happy afterglow of our daughter’s wedding, my husband offered a description so sweet it took my breath away. He said he'd hoped the polka band he’d hired for the occasion would create a field of dreams experience — that the polka lovers among our family and friends, who had passed on, would emerge [...]
We experienced a festival of kindness this weekend as we gathered to celebrate our daughter Katherine’s marriage to Ed Rhee. When our crotchety old lawn mower broke down a few days before we hosted the wedding on our property Up North, our friends Nicolle and Ron loaded up theirs and delivered it right to us. [...]
Mike Grabner knew all about courting when he popped into the Rail Bar with his buddies on a random August night in 1960. A star player on the Oshkosh High School basketball team, Grabner played college ball at UWO. The soft-spoken gentleman tried his hand at a different kind of courting when he spotted Rosie [...]
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 [...]