Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Rain lashed the trees outside my window late Wednesday afternoon and I wondered how long those pretty leaves could hang on. Autumn is a short season around here, a flash of color and then it's gone and the long, gray days of November stretch on. I started to feel a little morose about the whole [...]
My young neighbor rescued my pumpkin's ear yesterday and attempted to reattach it. "I knew it would blow away if I didn't try," he said. Imagine taking the time too repair someone's pumpkin on a blustery day! The kids are alright (and my pumpkins are too). We've always been a Halloween-loving neighborhood. Carol down the [...]
September summers are a special gift, especially in a river town. You can see what’s coming in the first few turning leaves, and remember what was in the wilting black-eyed susans. College students accidentally mill about your outdoor yoga class, but you don’t mind. Namaste here until the snow falls, you think, and maybe a [...]
A couple of benches on bridge in Iowa City offer the perfect view of both progress and the past. The bridge straddles active railway tracks so a person could pause on a daily walk, plop down and ponder the wonder of travel. A passenger train first made its way to Iowa City on January 3, [...]
In the 12 years since Mile of Music launched, hundreds of bands have come to Appleton to say hello. This year, one of its favorites came to say good-bye. Wild Adriatic, a rock band based in New York, announced earlier this year that Mile of Music would be its last gig. Fourteen years after they [...]