Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
When a frozen mist rises above the river and a thick layer of ice stretches over the churning water, you start to worry about the ducks. I saw one yesterday, bouncing along in the Fox River. Its excited quacks were a little hard to read. "Woo hoo look at me!" or "For the love of [...]
On the one hand (the warm one, all gloved up and tucked into my fleece-lined pocket), a good stretch of arctic chill can make for some pretty impressive scenery. On the other, though (the one I can’t feel because I had to take the glove off it to work my camera, or answer my phone, [...]
Four downy goslings chirp happily near the warm hearth of a tidy home, their unlikely presence an adorable testament to the strength and transcendency of love. Their love story began the way you know many will this year, with the polar vortex. As a record-setting wind howled outside her coop, a goose sat stubbornly on [...]
We’re very impressed with you here in Wisconsin. You’ve racked up some record numbers and enjoyed the kind of week we’ll all be talking about for years. Why, just the other morning you scored a -26 on my car’s dashboard temperature gauge and that’s without any help from the wind. You closed schools and essential [...]
My young friend Kate has carved out a career for herself that combines two of her great loves -- travel and empowerment. As such, she has ushered groups of young people through adventures all over the world. She recently told me about a conversation she overheard in a restaurant bathroom line. "A lady was complaining [...]