I recently got to spend some time with two people who have immersed themselves in the wine culture. So, I’ve been sipping the good stuff, from grapes and in life. Father Gordon Gilsdorf described that analogy beautifully in this poem: On Being 50. Wines grow bitter with age or better. 50 is a vintage year, [...]
Yesterday, not coincidentally on International Women's Day, I texted with one of the strongest women I know. My sister in-law Carol, who received a Presidential Award for Excellence in Mathematics and Science Teaching in 2019, has been rising to the biggest challenge in her life with grace, poise, poetry and love. Her husband John, a [...]
"I want to be rich!" the small boy said as he wished upon a star And the wise moon whispered back, “You already are.” “I wish to be rich!” the small boy said to the dandelion seed. And the wind it rode on answered, “You have everything you need.” “I want to be real rich,” [...]
Here's December's secret: there's magic in the air. And each sleeting windstorm carries it somewhere. It dusts the ground below your feet to lighten up your step and turns your boots to dancing shoes, your schlep to pirouette. The season can be tricky when folks carry such a load and all their Christmas wishes can't [...]
Let’s live like Wisconsin in October and let the sun light us with unabashed glee even as winter looms. Let’s wink and shimmy our russet leaves, hoist them high and proud and then let them fall without regret. Let’s keep our rustic roads all spruced up so they’re always ready to welcome wanderers. And, when [...]