Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Last Saturday, following some spring cleaning at our cabin, we treated ourselves to a night on the town. When the town is Cecil, that night often begins with Double Bubble, a lively social hour involving two-for-one drinks and friendly banter. One of us could swap stories all night. The other likes to chat a little [...]
We unboxed a glorious sunset Tuesday night that turned out to be the last, perfect gift of this Christmas season. It is one thing to enjoy a beautiful sunset, it is quite another to watch it unfurl with someone who takes as much delight in such things as you do. That's what happened to my [...]
Inspired by a funeral I attended Saturday morning, which celebrated the life of a 95-year old navy man, I treated myself to a lingering sunset Saturday night. "Imagine how a sunset would look from a ship in the middle of the ocean," Father Bill Hoffman said during his homily, as he took us through a [...]
We spring forward with optimism here in Wisconsin, but we generally land in a big pile of snow. Spring takes its time getting here. I think it likes to save one of its favorite states for last. So, our tulips and daffodils sleep a little longer, and so do out buds. Our fat squirrels swish [...]
Every year around this time, Lake Winnebago, presumably as annoyed with the lingering winter as the rest of us, heaves up its ice and hurls it toward shore. The resulting ice shoves, like almost everything associated with Wisconsin’s largest lake, can be both troubling and beautiful. While the name itself might be undignified, reportedly “person [...]