Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Some gifts steal your breath and you have to look away for a moment or two to catch it back. That’s what happened to us Christmas Eve when we saw the painting our daughter Katherine had commissioned for us. The artwork, painted by the very talented Hannah Ribbens, captures a moment in which our two [...]
We lit the candle of joy yesterday and I thought about how well-timed that particular call to action can be. Sometimes, you have to look for the joy in your life even during the most festive time of the year. That's what the pink candle in the Advent wreath is all about. I had no [...]
Just like it has every year for the past 40, the Appleton Boychoir delivered a heart-swelling Christmas gift to its community this past Saturday. More than 100 voices ranging from sweet soprano to rich baritone swelled in gorgeous harmony and reminded everyone of the Christmas season's meaning and its joy. With its history, size and [...]
We ran out of beds, oven space, printer ink, ice, apple juice and time. I wrapped my last present Christmas morning, and finished my holiday baking two hours later. My love light batteries died. I forgot to buy the evaporated milk for the pumpkin pie. I broke a glass on the kitchen floor and had [...]
We strolled through Christmas past, present and future yesterday on a post-Packer game trip to see Bruce the Spruce and the Green Bay Botanical Garden. Do you remember Bruce the Spruce? I do. For me he is the ghost of Christmas past, a large, somewhat terrifying tree that stood at the entrance of the children's [...]