Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Our Irish eyes are still smiling thanks to a Saturday that included songs, shamrocks, shenanigans and a successfully executed sisterly surprise. It all happened, as so many good things do, at the Humble Moon Saloon. We had come to Maiden Rock for the annual St. Patrick’s Day parade and shindig. This year we brought a [...]
We tried to sing “When Irish eyes are smiling” to our granddaughter Saturday night, but it turned out none of us actually knew the words. I can tell you this, though, Irish eyes were smiling all weekend at Irish Fest of the Fox Cities. Everyone else’s eyes were smiling too. And in the lilt of [...]
My favorite kind of luck wafts up from the shepherd's pie you eat in a park on a warm Friday night in September. It sails out over a gathering crowd and touches each heart with its glow. Notes carry that kind of luck and they come from the cheerfullest instruments -- fiddles, flutes, bagpipes and [...]
I didn't realize Appleton had its very own leprechaun until I treated myself to a whole Saturday (and most of a Friday) at its second annual Irish Fest. What but Irish magic (and a slew of volunteers' incredibly hard work) could account for to toe-tapping, tummy-patting, pint-tipping, arm-waving, hand-clapping explosion of joy that happened all [...]