Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Yesterday, as I made my last airport run of a perfectly busy relative season, I wrote a little thank you note in my head to the great state of Wisconsin and to all my loves who made such efforts to travel here. Our spontaneous family get-togethers require planes to take off and land on time; [...]
Henry Jordan died young, but his legacy lives on. The Hall of Fame defensive lineman was just 42-years old when he passed away after suffering a heart attack in 1977. He left his mark on Wisconsin, though, both as an All-Pro member of Coach Lombardi's talented defensive line, and, later, as the executive sales director [...]
Lambeau Field looks a lot prettier after a Packer win. It sounds a lot prettier too. I talked about that with a couple of jovial Chargers fans I met as we made our way out of the stadium Sunday evening. They said they appreciated the opportunity to see a good football game in an historic [...]
The eloquence of silence can be profound. With no words at all it tells the story of humanity and the one truth that makes our time here on earth both beautiful and raw. A silent stadium, a quiet swimming pool, a bureau full of emptied drawers all speak to the finiteness of seasons, of childhood, [...]
I don’t know why so many Packer fans still labor under the illusion that great football teams require dynastic quarterbacks. In the past 31 seasons, we’ve had two such quarterbacks – Brett Favre and Aaron Rodgers – and, during that stretch, we have exactly two Super Bowl trophies to show for their efforts. That’s a [...]