Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Note: I am reposting this in honor of Mile 13 because I was talking to current MoM artist Dan Navarro about how it all began. I wrote this post in 2013... Grammy winners and grandmas shared VIP status during Appleton's Mile of Music, a four-day festival that celebrated both music and the Midwest, elevated new [...]
If you could have heard the thunder snow yesterday afternoon in Appleton, you'd know exactly what it meant. That sound was God applauding his favorite kind of humans, the ordinary ones who rise to the challenge of the storms he sends their way. Kind strangers showed up everywhere. Two of them hooked their lines to [...]
We spent a sunny Sunday in one of Wisconsin's most underrated cities and discovered yet another reason to love Sheboygan. Known as the "Malibu of the Midwest," Sheboygan offers premier wind surfing year-round. It's also, and most importantly, my father in-law's birthplace and, to certain of his offspring, the sheepshead capital of the world. A [...]
The food truck held its own on a lake so cold ice vapors swirled around it. Yellow letters on a red sign both identified its product and offered a spot of color on a gray horizon stretched wide. The tableaux told the story of Midwestern resolve, innovation, recreation and industry. Inside the truck, Dale and [...]
We hightailed it to the river late Saturday afternoon for our fourth last float of the summer. Just like the other three, we giggled a little as we dipped ourselves into that chilly water. As this bonus summer in Wisconsin stretches on, we feel like kids playing hooky from winter. It's there alright, waiting on [...]