I spent the weekend of America's birthday with a bunch of deep thinkers. One of them asked if he could pick some wild flowers and send them down the river. I wondered why he would want to do that when the flowers seemed so happy right where they were. "Because flowers are like love," he [...]
You have to be agile to celebrate the Fourth of July in Northern Wisconsin, able to dodge water balloons and flying cheese sticks and willing to scramble out of the way when children dive for all the candy and beachballs tossed their way. We know this because we were lucky enough to attend two Fourth [...]
Dear America, You're 242-years old today and some might say you're showing your age. You're like a cranky old neighbor, mean to the children and way too fastidious about your yard Others might say you have a lot of growing up to do. You're like an angry child, railing against the very people trying to [...]
I took a slower than I intended jog yesterday and thought about how much we have to celebrate in this great country of ours. The air felt perfectly warm and the luxurious post-surprise-homemade-banana-pancakes-with-fresh-strawberries timing of my run made me grateful for the season that produced the berries, the holiday that allowed me to savor the [...]
Before the first fireworks flew into the sky on Monday, I started my own Independence Day celebration with my own Declaration of Independence: I turned the oven on. The tone of the oven when it reached its set 350o rang through the empty kitchen and could be heard 'round the air condition-less house. After an [...]