Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
The Year of the Dragon roared into our house like a hot mess this year -- spewing germs, unsettling tummies, isolating family members and threatening our absolute joy. But, like our beloved Packers, we rallied. Oh, sure, our New Year's Day family photo makes us all look like we're in a federal witness protection program, [...]
Here’s to the real Christmas elves — the line waver-ins who have genuine grins, the keepers of inns with an open front door. And to the true Kringles — the envelope slippers, the Christmas tree clippers, the holiday shippers of things we adore. A toast to pure Clauses — the low spirit lifters who console [...]
Every now and then, Wisconsin whips open its front door, sweeps its arm out over all that glorious scenery and yells, "How do you like me now?" And we lucky residents whoop in response, dash outside and soak in all the sunshine, color and delicious fresh air we can. These past few days have been [...]
I have enjoyed a bumper crop of sons during my tenure as a parent and I am a far, far better person due to their influence. From my six-and-counting sons, I have learned how to blend a tasty dressing, defend a relentless three-point shooter, sing a college fight song, celebrate an obscure holiday, dance the [...]
Well, you can't have wanted it to end like that. No matter how mad you were at Aaron Rodgers for his vaccination stance, or his ayahuasca promotion, or the way he seemed to shed his surliness like a fat-tailed gecko and emerge all spiffed up and shiny for his New York debut, you can't have [...]