Weathering the storms

Weathering the storms

The lights flickered a bit yesterday as a frozen rain pelted the windows and a steady stream of fire trucks raced by. Spring storms in Wisconsin can be particularly challenging. An icy sarcophagus traps budding branches and sends them crashing to the ground. Broken limbs lay across streets all over town and leave jagged edges [...]

Ukrainian Easter Blessings (from my Croatian family)

Ukrainian Easter Blessings (from my Croatian family)

I have to think my Ukrainian matriarchs would have loved our Easter celebration this year. My daughter Molly gifted me with a Ukrainian Easter basket including traditional kielbasa and Molly-made goodies, my sister in-law Elaine gave me (and everyone else) a walnut roll (the highlight of every visit to my grandparent's house in Colver, Pennsylvania), [...]