Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Three years ago, my daughter Katherine suggested we work on a project together to celebrate some of the strong, elegant, funny, intelligent women we know. Of course, I agreed. Who wouldn't? I got to work with my daughter, honor my mother, and interview a whole slew of interesting people who played key roles in my [...]
It’s hard to say how many books have been written about the Green Bay Packers. I know I can count nine (with multiple copies of some) on a single shelf in my own bookcase. Another, Is There Life After Football? Surviving the NFL, arrives at my house today and I’m headed out Thursday evening to [...]
If you want to know what makes an athlete elite, watch Micah Parsons and Josh Jacobs play football. They each move with the kind of intensity that can lift an entire team if its members are paying attention. Watch Micah Parsons bounce off a pair of blockers, spin around and drive back toward quarterback Jacoby [...]
The old car preened in the summer sun and beckoned all comers from an empty corner of the Dairy Queen parking lot. Of course, we wandered over. It isn't every day you spot a pristine 1950 Packard Super 8 Deluxe in Shawano, Wisconsin...or anywhere else, for that matter. And this one, a self-and-accurately-proclaimed SHRINE, really [...]
Jim McKay could have narrated the Packers first few days of free agency this year. In my head, he did. “The thrill of victory!” I thought when we signed running back Josh Jacobs and safety Xavier McKinney. “The agony of defeat,” when we lost Aaron Jones. Sometimes, “the human drama of athletic competition” can really [...]