Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
Molly and I arrived on campus in style for her first official act as a Wisconsin Badger. Distracted by the deceptive savoir faire of Molly's British GPS, we drove right up Bascom Hill and found ourselves awkwardly positioned on the patio between the building and its famous statue of Abe Lincoln. "We shouldn't be driving [...]
I wasn't going to write about our spontaneous trip to the Midwest Semi-Final round of the International Championship of Collegiate A Cappella last week. (Mostly because I've written about Fundamentally Sound so many times I'm worried I made the awkward transition from proud mom to crazy stalker fan that has to sneak past security to [...]
We went to the Boogie Ballroom last Friday night to see Fundamentally Sound perform. We ended up falling in love with the Valley's newest dance studio and its charming owners, Zeke and Pamela Cribbs. A former Fundamentally Sound member, Zeke met Pamela in gospel choir class while they were both students at the University of [...]
With hip swings so enthusiastic they frequently landed her in detention at Our Lady of Angels High School, my mother loved playing her trumpet in the marching band. She passed on her trumpet loving genes to my sister Jenny, who, dressed in her bridesmaid gown, blew her horn at my long-ago wedding, and to my [...]
The buildup began last Saturday. "I'm giving Mom the best Mother's Day present ever," my brother whispered across the pew at my niece Erin's First Communion. Then, he passed me his cell phone and, with some skepticism, I took a look. "Are you kidding me?" I said. "This is amazing." "I'm going to be the [...]