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 [...]
The only thing more relentless than our human mortality is the beauty of the earth we all eventually leave behind. Sometimes, the way the sun lights an oak tree, or a red maple leaf slowly dances to the ground, or an autumn reflection grows vibrantly across a smooth lake can seem like an affront to [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]