Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
You would not believe the shenanigans we had to pull to yank our beloved Packers across that soggy finish line yesterday. First, we sacrificed our firstborn son to the raucous crowd at MetLife Stadium. Charlie and his friends sat through that drizzly mess. He wore his 77 jersey and Wisconsin BRAT hat, both of which [...]
Most of the streets are named after trees in our daughter Molly’s new town. I love that. Molly knows trees like doctors know their patients. Take a walk with Molly and she’ll introduce you to Maple, Ash, Elm and Mulberry. She’ll tell you all about their habits, history and, ahem, procreation proclivities. So it seems [...]
Our newest family member lives thousands of miles from all of us. Still, before she hits her two month birthday, she’ll have met nearly the whole immediate clan. We are a determined relay team of baby lovers. In fact, even as her grandpa’s plane took off following his stint, little Laura June’s Aunt Molly’s plane [...]
My Ukrainian grandma baked paska every year. She included a loaf in the Easter basket she hauled to the church for its annual blessing, and she sent us one too, along with apricot cookies and walnut rolls. Baba packed her care packages with surgical precision and matriarchal devotion. When those brown paper packages tied up [...]
Here's to the women who rise early to raise their families and a little hell. Who knead dough, and earn their coin. Who dance around the kitchen, but never the truth. Who wear the pants, and the skirts, in whatever style they choose. Here's to the sweet women and the salty ones; those who like [...]