Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
All pictures tell a story. This one tells three. See the devoted Grandma Mary Jane, lover of life, family and Broadway shows. She made her way, as a matter of course, from an assisted living center in Illinois to a high school in Appleton. She'd been making annual trips to North High School for the [...]
My mother in-law, Grandma Mary Jane, has always been tall. I like to think it’s because she’s risen to every occasion in her life. Believing reciprocal love a matter of course, Mary Jane has gracefully navigated 85 years with wit, faith and a well -known fondness for fresh blueberries and V8. With her husband Vince, [...]
We've noticed that the sweetest candy and the shiniest shoes are called Mary Janes. And, though both have been around much longer than our beloved Outlaw Mary Jane, we think the three Mary Janes share a number of attributes including eternal style, reliability, grace, comfort and kindness. Today, we're chewing a little sweet candy, and [...]
Faithful Blog-reader, I’m terribly sorry to have misled you, but my name isn’t really Molly. No, like Molly Pitcher and Molly Lincoln, my real name is Mary. Mary Margaret Biskupic. I’m fortunate enough to be named after both of my Grandmas. One of the greatest gifts my parents ever gave was my name, because with [...]
I belong to an exclusive society whose password is "I do." We call ourselves the outlaws and bow to a fearless and fertile leader who launched this club 57 years ago. Grandma Mary Jane makes selective use of her vast literary cache. A wordsmith, she, more than anyone I know, has mastered the art of [...]