Al fresco season

Al fresco season

Al fresco season blew into Wisconsin on a charcoal-scented cloud this weekend and we all -- traveling troubadours, weekend skippers, ATV drivers, backyard barbecuers, Timber Rattler tailgaters, cabin cleaners and Midwest munchers -- dusted off our picnic tables and bellied up with glee. Food tastes better when you can eat it outside. Music sounds sweeter [...]

The Shadow Game

The Shadow Game

Every now and then the sun comes out in Wisconsin and we rub our eyes in wonder. "Why lookee (not directly) there," we say to the youngins, and they turn those pale little faces upward and smile. While it's too soon to swim and too slushy to swing, we invent all kinds of games to [...]

An unrequited love

An unrequited love

Every now and then my love for Wisconsin seems, how shall we say it? Unrequited. I wax on about my lovely state -- the food, the people, the music, the sunsets and the seasons. Then Wisconsin, God love her, dumps 14 inches of snow on the fifth day of spring. What the heck, Wisconsin? I [...]