Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
With a lingering to-do list and just days to spare, we sprinted to the finish line of our Wisconsin summer. First, we needed to get to a beach. “A real beach,” our five-year old sternly said. “One with waves and sand.” We found just the place right where it has always been, calmly waiting for [...]
In honor of Labor Day 2021, I'd like to salute the word. Here's to: Honest work and the people who take pride in it. Parents who teach their children the value of effort and who aren't afraid to let them take risks. Men and women who work until their task, and not necessarily their shift, [...]
This past Saturday, on a weather-perfect afternoon in Brooklyn, my son Charlie sat at an outdoor restaurant enjoying the view. "You can see three bridges and the Statue of Liberty from where I'm sitting right now," he texted us, along with the picture. Though he has lived in New York for nine years, Charlie still [...]
This weekend, we floated under and later drove over the magnificent Mackinac Island Bridge. The structure, which spans five miles and was at one time the longest suspension bridge in the world, stands as an excellent tribute to the fortitude of the American worker. At least 3,500 workers and 350 engineers spent 48 months building [...]
We love a good parade in Wisconsin, almost as much as we love a good hunk of cheese, and we enjoyed both a few weeks ago at the Suring Centennial Labor Day Parade. Really, the Booyah would have been enough, but, in honor of its biggest birthday yet, Suring offered us so much more. We [...]