Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I took a glance backward Saturday night as I trudged out of the stadium Saturday night, and I saw Lambeau Field in all her glory. Stung into semi-silence and reeling from a painful loss, she still stood there proud, strong and, yes, glorious. I stopped to take a picture or two and felt a wellspring [...]
On a Sunday afternoon in 1961, Gene Chu adjusted the rabbit ears on his family's TV and became a lifelong Packer fan. For most of his childhood, he was the only Packer fan he knew. Chu, then a young boy living in Espanola, a small paper mill town located in Northern Ontario, picked a good [...]
I wore my dad's jersey into Heinz Field because I wasn't sure how Steeler fans would treat me and my giant green and gold Packer coat. If they got nasty, I figured I could explain that, though my dad played for the Packers for eight years and the Colts for one, he was from Pennsylvania [...]
Thirty-two days ago I began a journey into my first career outside of my native Wisconsin. I left the Badger State / America’s Dairyland / Heaven-On-Earth to be an employee of Cumulus Media’s four Chicago radio stations; 97.9 WLUP, 101.1 WKQX, 94.7 WLS-FM, and 890 WLS-AM. Already a fish out of water as a Wisconsinite in [...]