In the wee hours of a summer morning back in 1985, I returned to my college apartment after an evening out and found a two-paged Post-it note stuck to my door. The note did not surprise me as that was how we communicated in the pre-cellphone era. I was struck, however, by its form. Deep [...]
As a Marquette journalism student in 1985, I scored an internship at the Hot Rockin', Flame Thrown' Z95, a radio station located on East Capital Drive in Milwaukee. To get to work, I walked from my college apartment at 1425 West Kilbourn, a route that, as my roommate Terri warned me, took me right through [...]
An extraordinary dual literary achievement in the Biskupic/Kostelnik family sent us all scurrying, coast-to-coast, to the bookstore yesterday. Two of my children's aunts had books drop the same day, so we proudly marched ourselves to Barnes and Nobles and local bookstores to celebrate. Joan Biskupic, CNN Supreme Court analyst, author, journalist, lawyer, wife, mother, sister, [...]
I went looking for Edna Ferber last week in the most logical place -- her hometown public library. I figured I find her thriving there, just two and a half miles from Edna Ferber Elementary School. Alas, I found the Ferber collection somewhat lacking. To be fair, I'd had some lofty expectations -- a dedicated [...]
In our house, we love music. We are shower singers, kitchen dancers, and piano plunkers. Right now, in our living room, there are 13 instruments, ranging from a piano to a didgeridoo, and at one time someone in this house has played them all. Still, to a person, we understand that we are music's wingmen, [...]