We got to hang with the people in our neighborhood Monday night at a block party more than five years in the making. In the time since our last block party, families got bigger, new faces moved in, little peanuts grew up, couples married, babies came and my husband Vince and I officially became, well, [...]
My friend Amanda likes to keep things low key. Reflexively kind, she operates under the Midwestern mantra that says see a problem, solve the problem and then move on. Last Monday evening, she noticed her 92-year old neighbor Armin outside pacing his yard in obvious distress. When she found out what had happened, Amanda offered [...]
A few weeks ago, someone took my You Are Beautiful sign from our front yard and I remember hoping it had found a good home and vaguely planning to replace it with a more permanent model. Then, the coronavirus came to town and trapped us all in this weird Stephen King novel. Suddenly, the air [...]
We're going to make our way through this pandemic one day at a time. It's a little overwhelming to think beyond that. So, we move forward one friendly wave at a time. One charming sidewalk chalk message at a time. One family group chat at a time. One deep breath at a time. One kind [...]
Halloween blew briskly down our street this year and threatened to send our little trick-or-treaters home early. But, we're made of sterner stuff here in Wisconsin and we love our holidays, our chocolate and our friends. The Erb Park neighborhood did not disappoint last night. Wobbly toddlers in fuzzy costumes, cheerful chaperones, happy bands of [...]