Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
We experienced a festival of kindness this weekend as we gathered to celebrate our daughter Katherine’s marriage to Ed Rhee. When our crotchety old lawn mower broke down a few days before we hosted the wedding on our property Up North, our friends Nicolle and Ron loaded up theirs and delivered it right to us. [...]
We enjoyed a tramp though our woods on a sunny afternoon last weekend and felt lucky for that soul-cleansing experience. Three-season woods like the one we found Sunday offer fascinating contrasts. Winter winked at us from the west, spring beckoned from the ground and that flirty summer crooked its fun little finger our way from [...]
Last Saturday morning my husband Vince invited me to go ice fishing. I politely, but firmly, declined. Instead, I spent a cozy morning sipping a decadent hot chocolate chai, catching up with my friend Jill and marveling at the Mill, one of the coolest coffee shops in all the land. I have been watching with [...]
We followed an eagle into summer last night and could not be more grateful for the guidance. As is our reflex, we sprinted north when we realized we had the opportunity and plunked our tubes in the Oconto River as soon as we arrived. Soon after, a majestic bald eagle swooped overhead and beckoned us [...]
For quite some time now, my husband Vince and I have been working to restore a path my dad cut through the woods nearly 30 years ago. We owe our pace -- a pocket full of nails, a board or two, a few random cuts of low hanging branches -- to our lack of both [...]