The title of this column is actually a quote by Loren Eiseley. In fact, I used to own a T-shirt with this quote on it. It’s always been an amazing medium to me, that’s for sure. For there is nothing that can create magic quite as easily as water. I always feel better in or... Continue Reading →
City Band Night Provides Great Entertainment
I typically don’t do a lot with community theater over the summer. It’s a very busy time for me, and the season is so short that I don’t want a lot of commitments keeping me indoors and away from all that warmth and sunshine. But in early June the community theater held its annual membership... Continue Reading →
Reflections on Daughters, Moms, Grandmothers and Mother’s Day
Mother’s Day has come and gone. What to say about such a holiday, a single day to honor something that encompasses so very much? Motherhood is a really big deal, and after having been a daughter, a mother and now a grandmother, I have a lot of perspective ... and yet all I really know... Continue Reading →
Time For a Little Bathroom Humor
Author's note: I worked for over 12 years at a local newspaper in central Wisconsin called the Portage County Gazette, where I was Production Coordinator and also wrote a weekly column. This is a previously published column from those days. So what’s it like working at the Gazette? Does it seem to be a glamorous... Continue Reading →
Over It, Pandemically
Well it's been almost a year, and I think everyone's pretty much just done with it. I mean, it's to the point where you can actually feel it. Everything is kind of 'meh' and the spark just isn't there, the mojo is gone, whatever euphemism you choose to use here, but they all apply. We've... Continue Reading →
A Midwinter Night’s Eve
It had been a good week, but still, I was happy for it to be Friday. I was looking forward to a weekend with no commitments, heaven for an introvert. I got home, changed out of my work clothes into something soft and comfortable, and after making supper, I crashed on the couch for a... Continue Reading →
A Story of Three Battles
So some of you have noticed, it's been awhile since I've posted. It's been a very rough couple of months for me, and I'm still reeling from it. Sometime midsummer I caught one of those summer colds that everyone dreads. Only it wasn't a cold. It evolved into bronchitis and the doc ended up giving... Continue Reading →
Music: The Real Fountain of Youth
There’s nothing quite like the quintessential church picnic. June is the month for a lot of church picnics in the area, and I think it’s just a lovely way to spend a few hours. So I spent some time at a local celebration a few weeks ago, and really had a great time. One of... Continue Reading →
The Upside of a Polar Vortex
Funny how inspiration comes from the unlikeliest of places at times. Today was that kind of day. Actually, the last few days were that kind of day. A "Polar Vortex" had hit Wisconsin and the whole state kind of shut down over the span of three days. Oh, we fought it though. We kept going... Continue Reading →
What Would Dogs Say If They Could Talk?
Morning’s the time when my mind likes to play. Not sure what it is about washing my face and brushing my teeth that is zen-like, but many times this is where I get my best ideas. This is why I’m never far from paper and pen. When those ideas start flowing, they come so fast... Continue Reading →