Carpe Tree-em

Carpe Tree-em

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 [...]

Here’s to November, one of the best people I know

Here’s to November, one of the best people I know

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 [...]

An unexpected guest

An unexpected guest

Did you ever have a houseguest you weren’t prepared to host (perhaps because your husband forgot to tell you they were coming?) Well, that’s the way I feel about fall this year. It’s a nice, pleasant season and all. I just wasn’t ready to welcome it in. It’s all good, though. It only takes a [...]