Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Dear March, I'm sure you're used to warmer receptions, but we're all a little stiff from our icy hunch through February and we're afraid to open our curtains in the morning because we don't know what meteorological horror awaits us on the other side of that pane. So, pardon us if we don't fling open [...]
If spring in Wisconsin teaches us anything, it's to seize the sunny days. We're good at that here. Like daffodils, we rise through the snow and turn our faces toward the light. We shrug off approaching storm clouds and dance, push strollers through puddles, bounce basketballs off muddy pavement and, when the rain washes away [...]
We hauled out an old picnic table for an impromptu driveway picnic yesterday to celebrate the prodigal sun...and Vinnie Both returned to Wisconsin this weekend and turned an ordinary Sunday into a party. When it comes to weather, we Wisconsinites are the most grateful people I know. All over Appleton people greeted the 56 degree [...]
Yesterday, still basking in the warm glow of my "Spring in Wisconsin" post, I took my favorite stroll down to the river. Wind whipped my hair into Medusa-like clumps, my stupidly un-gloved fingers froze into an intimidating claw and I worried my watering eyes might actually freeze shut. Spring in Wisconsin, indeed. Even miserable walks [...]
We hear spring in Wisconsin long before we see it -- the sweet call of the first brave robin, the squish of mud beneath our feet, the cheerful babble of river water finally flowing free. Driveway basketballs bounce off pavement finally cleared of ice, swings creek happily in the park and people chat on street [...]