“I have a silly idea,” Molly said as we lounged in our toasty cabin. “Let’s take a quick dip in the river.” Normally, this would be a no-brainer. Floating down the Oconto River remains one of our family’s favorite past times…in the summer. But an impressive spring snow and some daunting ice on the river [...]
In a perfect world, all of the people I love would crowd around my mother in-law's hand-me-down dining room table every Christmas Eve, holding hands and singing fahoo fores in matching Christmas jammies while fat snowflakes floated harmlessly to the ground outside our windows and the exact right presents sat beautifully wrapped under the tree. [...]
Yesterday, just moments after our daughter in-law Danni took a picture of the beautiful, snowy landscape surrounding their new home, a tree came crashing down beside her. Neither she nor the house sustained any damage, but, still, a big tree lay there, sprawled out across their lawn. Fortunately, they live in Maiden Rock, Wisconsin, just [...]
It takes a bit of effort to get to Stockholm, Wisconsin (just ask Swedish Explorer Erik Petterson, who climbed a bluff to get there back in 1856). But, once you arrive, all 76 residents of that beautiful little village will make sure your visit is worth your while. In fact, you can while away in [...]
The sun set brilliantly over Lake Harriet yesterday as we took a brisk post-meal, pre-dessert walk. I am grateful for beautiful sunsets and people who appreciate them as much as I do. I am also grateful for a quirky daughter who set brilliantly the dinner table in her Minnesota apartment with astonishingly delicious, mostly foraged [...]