Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
We celebrated Casimir Season in Wisconsin this weekend with paczkis, pierogies, polkas and Polish pride. Neither of the Casimirs we honored spent a whole lot of time in this world, so it's good that we celebrate them so heartily even hundreds of years after they've passed. St. Casimir, a Polish prince, died at age 26 [...]
Our Pap would have loved the Pulaski Polka Days Parade. The queen toted a baritone. A regal vet drive an electric scooter with a tiny dog on his running board. Candy flew from floats like snowflakes on a December afternoon. The high school bands stretched full city blocks. A trumpeter with one arm in a [...]
As I chugged along the MyPulaskiK9 FundRun route Sunday morning, I thought about how skylines define a town. They give us insight into the values and industry upon which people build a community. Some skylines, like Chicago, New York and Singapore, offer the gorgeous glow of innovation as they rise in mighty triumph over cities [...]
The weather conditions could not have been better for us to introduce our two youngest children to the magic of Pulaski Polka Days. A booyah breeze wafted over us as we took our customary place in front of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church. Chubby babies meandered, proud veterans represented, and then, with [...]
A parade we had not expected trapped us on opposite sides of a street Sunday afternoon but, with the summer air filled with both polka music and the enticing smell of grilled polish sausage, neither of us minded. We parked our cars on our respective sides of Pulaski Street and settled in to enjoy the [...]