Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I tore through the Mile of Music Festival like a crazy person this weekend, sprinting from one end of the Avenue to the other, determined to hear as much music as I possibly could. (As it turns out, that's a lot of music!) I soaked in every set I heard from Wednesday's night through Sunday [...]
When she and her husband Ben perform, Kassie Wilson likes to ask audience members how long they have been married. The couple, known professionally as Goldpine, an award-winning Americana duo, has been married for 16 years. Wednesday night at Fox Cities Performing Arts Center, Kassie’s question unearthed a couple who had been married 65 years. [...]
We've been calling my sisters the Little Girls for more years than they'd care for me to repeat. Born three years apart, the two youngest girls in our family shared a room (and even, for a few years, one double bed). They wore matching clothes until Kathy, the older of the two, put her foot [...]
Yesterday, we celebrated a cool kid, a generous aunt, a witty friend and a beloved matriarch. April 17 rocks. It brought us Grandma Mary Jane 94 years ago, and though she’s no longer with us, her gentle, fun-loving spirit lives on. Among the many gifts Grandma Mary Jane gave us is the second of her [...]
I thought the lightning and rain had ended our night early when they rudely interrupted Ben Mulwana’s set yesterday. But, there’s always magic in the mile. The rain sent us scurrying to the Stone Arch Brewery, where we accidentally caught a tremendously talented band called The Faux Paws. Then I stuck around to see Bandits [...]