Winter met spring this week, and we all held our breaths hoping for a swipe right or at least a long pleasant stint in the friend zone. We're not disloyal to the season at hand, we just think it feels good every now and then to still feel our faces when we stick them toward [...]
The sun came up the morning after the Brewer season ended and, because we live in Wisconsin, it (intermittently) lit up a gorgeous amber and lemon yellow skyline. Life is still good here and we are still grateful. We enjoyed our little four-season run, when the Brewers, Packers and Bucks seasons intersected with fall. But [...]
We hear spring in Wisconsin long before we see it -- the sweet call of the first brave robin, the squish of mud beneath our feet, the cheerful babble of river water finally flowing free. Driveway basketballs bounce off pavement finally cleared of ice, swings creek happily in the park and people chat on street [...]
Sometimes, Fall kicks open the front door of Wisconsin and announces itself boldly. "I'm here and, baby, I'm gorgeous." Other years, it sneaks through the back hallway and whispers quietly behind a half-filled dance card. "I'm here and I'm just going to rest on this bench a while and wait for you to notice me." [...]
Until my brother in-law Dennis came to visit, we thought of the Oconto River as a recreational vehicle, transporting us via kayak, canoe, or inner tube from drop in point to cabin on frothy summer waves. It formed a scenic, babbling backdrop to the view from our front porch swing. Then Dennis arrived with his [...]