All organized runs have their draw. For some it's the course with its challenges or beautiful scenery. For others it's the competition or timing or charitable cause. I can say without reservation that, for me and, I suspect, many others, the appeal --the whole point, really -- of the Cheesehead Run is the food. My [...]
I open the side door of our house and a waft of good smells greets me -- the yeasty goodness of fresh baked bread, Sunday-dinner richness of balsamic baked chicken, exotic tang of Croatian sausages, sweet goodness of blueberry tarts. Molly B is in the house and, like Beauty and the Beast's Be Our Guest, [...]
I met a fascinating man on a bench two Saturdays ago and he introduced me to rice pudding porridge. Then, he taught me, like so many others had, about how to LIVE honestly, bravely and joyfully in a finite world. Trent Cole. First, I saw his name on a plaque on 14th Street, then I [...]
Among the many things I learned during the Great Blizzard of 2018 -- that snowblowers have carburetors, that carburetors fail, that robins don't eat bird seed, that if you position an electric blanket just right it will form a cocoon from which you'll never want to leave, that John Mulaney is so funny he elevates [...]
It didn't look like much, zipped into a plastic bag and, well there's no other word for it, fermenting on my desk. But my friend Allie asked me if I'd like some friendship starter and, if there's anything I've learned in this long life of mine, it is to open my heart to friendship. So, [...]