Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
In the days leading up to her death, Cherry Starr had agreed to help my daughter Katherine and me with a project we’re working on. And, though we’ll always be sad we were not able to complete our interview with her, we are, as always, astounded by her grace. Among the millions of stories you’ll [...]
I saw a Twitter poll that offered voters the choice between Aaron Rodgers or Brett Favre as the greatest quarterback in Packer history. I voted for Bart Starr. My sister Kathy liked my tweet. We are ardent Packer fans and have been attending games together even before the historic Favre and Rodgers 30-year run. We [...]
We honored our legends Sunday afternoon the best way we Packer fans know how -- with our cheers, our respect and an important victory against our neighbors to the west. Go Pack Go! We lost four key players from the Lombardi era this past year -- quarterback and very esteemed gentleman Bart Starr, running back [...]
Three times in my own life legendary quarterback Bart Starr showed up in classier-than-he-needed-to-be ways and I am just one periphary person in his very big life. In the coming days as we all mourn his loss we can soothe ourselves with hundreds of these kinds of stories about his innate generosity and commitment to [...]
We measure champions in moments -- a surprise quarterback sneak on a frozen field, a 40-yard playoff game-winning touchdown pass, an improbable 12-yard scramble on a newly sprained ankle. Thursday night, we stood for hours in an icy rain at Lambeau Field waiting for one of those moments of a lifetime, and we ended up [...]