Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Rain lashed the trees outside my window late Wednesday afternoon and I wondered how long those pretty leaves could hang on. Autumn is a short season around here, a flash of color and then it's gone and the long, gray days of November stretch on. I started to feel a little morose about the whole [...]
The thing about fall in Wisconsin is that winter keeps trying to sneak in the back door and belly up to our beautiful table. We don’t want to be rude, yous guys, but winter will be here real quick, ya know? Maybe you could cool your heels on the wind and the frost for a [...]
I got to see Mother Nature shake the dust covers off her most colorful season as I drove down highway 47 early Saturday morning, and I had to stop several times to enjoy the show. The sun rose extra slowly that morning so I think it, too, was pausing every now and then to take [...]
I’m learning to love in November what I love and admire in most people I know. Stripped of October’s candy corn color and uncorrupted by December’s frantic glitz, November offers only this: gratitude. And that’s a lot. November is the friend you walk with on mornings so cold your eyes water and your nose runs [...]
I took full advantage of a small window in my schedule Wednesday afternoon to take a walk, which turned into a full sprint because I had a hard deadline and I could not stop taking pictures. The colors caught my eye and, despite stern lectures to myself, I had to pause repeatedly. I love the [...]