Wisconsin put on a good front this weekend. She also put on a warm front, a cold front, a stationary front and an occluded front. In short, she kept us guessing and, as is our custom in this glorious but somewhat challenging state, we rolled with her punches. Too cold to swim on Friday? We [...]
We spent Sunday afternoon in Hofa Park this week, and witnessed another epic story of faith and resilience set in duple time. Four days after devastating storms blew through the area, St. Stanislaus hosted its annual Polka Fest and, with the Maroszek Brothers Polka Band playing on a brand new dance floor, the tiny town [...]
Our summer muscles are achy and our Wisconsin bellies are full but, holy cow! we had a great weekend in the Dairyland. How could we not, when the strawberry crops, the U.S. Open and Billy Joel all showed up at the same time? Saturday, we took a sunrise drive to Hartford and enjoyed a lovely [...]
An old Polish expression says, Nie chwal dnia przed zachodem slonca (Don't praise the day before sunset.) We're a pessimistic lot, we Poles. But, we knew as soon as we set our chairs under a green and gold tent in Hofa Park, that Sunday would be sublime. A fresh breeze rustled the tarp, the new [...]