Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
If you want to meet a Wisconsinite, just wander down to Alabama during spring break. You’ll find us, and only us, chillin’ in a lukewarm pool or a frankly cold ocean, blue-lipped and determined to enjoy the amenities. Both anecdotal and causal evidence supports this statement. With the air temperature hovering just under 60 degrees, [...]
I recently enjoyed the absolute privilege of introducing another young man to the ocean and I am still so thrilled about what a perfect pairing it turned out to be. The little boy yelled with delight when he spotted the enormous new friend he’d been anticipating meeting for months, and that old reliable ocean rolled [...]
Dear Snow, We’re through. I apologize for the bluntness of that sentence, but I need to make you understand. I can’t do this anymore. Our relationship hasn't been good for a while now and, you know what? It isn’t me. It’s you. You drop in uninvited, leave your stuff everywhere, and, even when I obviously [...]
We're midway through the week and already Molly has whipped up a batch of scones, a loaf of crusty white bread, a pan of chocolate macaroons, and a chicken picnic pie. It's Spring Bake with Molly B and I need to pump up my workouts or loosen my belt. A self-described "stress-baker", Molly also likes [...]
We spent a day in Nashville yesterday and enjoyed every foot stomping, magnolia blossom floating, pancake eating, Opry touring moment. Though we’d driven past Nashville plenty of times on family road trips to coastal spring breaks, we’d never stopped. I was anxious to pop in and set a spell in the city first glorified, for [...]