Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Like the child who planted it, our pepper plant has moments of glorious triumph. It rises from unconventional roots, stretched surprisingly deep against a cement floor. Peppers are meant to be seasonal fruit, but this one weathers all kinds of storms with a stubbornness that both impresses and confounds. Last year, we thought it had [...]
“I’m going to do the best I can.” In the midst of an increasingly busy life, I have found myself saying that nearly every day. I said it as we headed out to our tailgate Thursday night, later than we normally do. I said it to a young man as we drove away from a [...]
We came thatclose to completing an Appleton Trifecta yesterday, and even a little inconveniently timed summer storm couldn't chase away our admiration for this city. Where else can you find your zen at a free, all-day yoga festival, cheer for the Udder Tuggers at a Class A baseball game and swim in a pool with [...]
If you want to meet a Wisconsinite, just wander down to Alabama during spring break. You’ll find us, and only us, chillin’ in a lukewarm pool or a frankly cold ocean, blue-lipped and determined to enjoy the amenities. Both anecdotal and causal evidence supports this statement. With the air temperature hovering just under 60 degrees, [...]
All roads should lead through Tupelo, Mississippi like ours did on a recent Spring Break trip. We SHAKE, RATTLED AND ROLLed into that little town, a MESS OF BLUES from TOO MUCH time on the road “PLEASE RELEASE ME from this car,” a U.S.MALE called from the backseat, where’d he’d been trapped for 500 MILES. [...]