In a lot of ways, these are the carpe-est of the diems, the waning days of a beloved season and the delicious promise of the next. So, we reach hard for every moment we can – Yes! To the apple picking. Yes! To the campfires. Yes! To the flannel and the swimsuits and the fleece. [...]
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 [...]