Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
My friend Tami and I went out in search of effervescence Sunday afternoon and we found it exactly where I knew it had been all along. Conditions may have dimmed the light on the actual Effervescent Installation at the Weidner Center — a few too many clouds, a deflated set of balloons — but the [...]
An icy wind blew off the Fox River last Saturday morning when my friend spotted our first crocus of 2024. Naturally, I knelt down to take a picture. I love crocuses almost as much as I love my friends, and I’ve been thinking lately about their similarities. Crocuses are beautiful and so are my friends. [...]
My friend Jill gave me an antique heart for my birthday this year and I can’t stop thinking about how accurately it symbolizes foster parenting. Both beyond and within all the training and tears, the meetings and stress, the constant worry, the laughter, the learning and the love beats the heart. And, thankfully, it’s not [...]
It seemed just about right when our friend John Jorgensen texted a few nights ago to note with amusement that he and my mom, Grandma Peggy, were both pictured in the current edition of the Compass, the Green Bay Diocese Newspaper. My mom and John have been sharing spaces for well over three decades. She [...]
Some gifts arrive in exactly the right season. Take, for instance, the framed photograph our friend Deb dropped off for us. As Packer team pictures go, it's a relatively famous shot of one of the greatest teams in Green Bay Packer history. The 1962 Packers finished the season with a 13-1 record, and beat the [...]