Short stories and photos shared with humor and love
I treated myself to a nice walk in the rain Monday afternoon…unplanned, of course, but still so very pleasant that I wasn’t even mad at Pete Petoniak, the WLUK weatherman who had assured me and all his viewers that it would not rain until “after dinner”. “What time do you eat dinner, Pete?” I thought [...]
On Tuesday, I celebrated spring by planting a brand new You Are Beautiful sign in my front lawn. Yesterday, Wisconsin blew it a big, wet kiss. That’s what I choose to believe, anyway. Others may refer to yesterday's unfortunate mix of rain, ice, snow and wind a little differently. I say, you are still beautiful, [...]
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 [...]
I saw a blind man walking briskly through an ice storm yesterday and it reaffirmed everything I know is true. There are some amazing human beings in this world and you only have to look up to see them. The man moved with faith and purpose, the way the best of us do, and demonstrated [...]
The legend lives on from Oneida Street down of the season they call dark and gloomy. The wind, it is said, whips the hair round your head, makes you hack with a cough deep and rheumy. But, once a blue moon there's a sweet afternoon that feels sunny and warm like a party. Then out [...]