Like the well-tailored clothes she chose with charming regularity, my Grandma left a legacy of timeless elegance. Yesterday would have been her 100th birthday and my mother urged us all to celebrate with a generous slice of chocolate fudge cake, her signature dessert. She also made perfect peach pie, bourbon balls and chocolate chip cookies, [...]
Tag: Life
Miracle on River Drive
On Saturday our favorite little miracle celebrated her 12th birthday. Like other small miracles, sunrises and rainbows, our favorite little miracle glows with a sweet affirmation of life in all of its glorious colors. Naturally, then, her favorite ensembles feature tie-dye and glitter. Born on Friday the 13th, a full three months early, Kelly weighed [...]
A Perfect Winter’s Day…in April
We capped off Molly's Easter break with a quick trip to the cabin where we celebrated spring by tramping through the knee-deep snow, building a giant fire and watching ice flow down the Oconto River. Ahh, Wisconisn, you stubborn state. You cling to the winter of 2013 with every blue, frozen finger of your impressively [...]
The Celebrated Aqua Frog of Outagamie County
When Molly announced via a text messaged picture of our toilet yesterday the demise of her pet aqua frog named Dot, the reaction flew swiftly and sweetly. "Yuck," texted her big brother Charlie, who, of all people, might have been more sympathetic. Charlie once found himself at the center of a heated custody battle over [...]
A storm by any other name
Want to know who to blame for this long winter of endless snow and stubborn ice? Ask Shakespeare. "T'is but thy name that is my enemy," he wrote. Hear that weather channel? It's the name. Anonymous snowstorms build quietly, whoosh swiftly through town and move on. The entire event rarely lasts more than a day, a [...]