Every now and then, Wisconsin whips open its front door, sweeps its arm out over all that glorious scenery and yells, "How do you like me now?" And we lucky residents whoop in response, dash outside and soak in all the sunshine, color and delicious fresh air we can. These past few days have been [...]
I have enjoyed a bumper crop of sons during my tenure as a parent and I am a far, far better person due to their influence. From my six-and-counting sons, I have learned how to blend a tasty dressing, defend a relentless three-point shooter, sing a college fight song, celebrate an obscure holiday, dance the [...]
Sometimes a view catches my eye and I can’t believe how lucky I am to live in a world of such beauty, hilarity, sweetness and light. I hope the eight happy scenes I’m sharing today make you smile too. I happened upon all of them in the course of my ordinary days — heard a [...]
My family knows the way to my heart. Probably because they ARE my heart. So, in a year in which I told them emphatically and sincerely not to get me any birthday presents, they brought me a homemade loaf of a beloved bread, baked in a tiny apartment kitchen and carried 1,182 miles; a fresh [...]
I moved to a foreign country yesterday and I don’t speak the language. But, I’m learning. I’m taking deep cleansing breaths and learning. A lifetime Android user who politely shrugged off her children’s pleas to move to Apple-town for the past 21 years , I finally, secretly acquiesced. I thought they would all be thrilled [...]