Lanette Hansen
April 21, 2018
It’s been the ultimate “do as I say, not as I do” week. Dealing with a cold is not what I had time for. Instead of getting the sleep and taking it easy that I tell my boys is best, I had a week with tons to do and lots of places to be. So […]
Cailynn Hensen
April 20, 2018
We’ve established that I’m the type of person who loves dogs so much that I usually say “hi” to them before their human companions. I’m also the type of person who will spend more free time than she has tending to a broken butterfly while on a nature walk. I talk to birds perched overhead […]
Magic 98
The Magic Crew kept up their annual tradition with May Day Deliveries on Tuesday, May 1! Winners received a bright, blooming geranium from Jung’s Garden Center, a family size tub from Rural Route 1 Popcorn, and a pair of water park and indoor theme park passes to Kalahari Resorts and Conventions in Wisconsin Dells. Our […]
Jim Bartlett
April 19, 2018
Thirty-five years ago this month, Ann and I honeymooned in Chicago, back when we were young and broke. For our anniversary, no longer young and no longer broke, we decided we’d go back for a weekend. We started on Saturday afternoon with lunch at Giordano’s with a big ol’ Chicago-style pizza. From there, we walked […]
Kathryn Vaughn
April 18, 2018
Several blog posts back, I wrote about a beautiful 100-year-old willow tree along the Yahara River Trail, where I walk all the time. It’s the very one where I first met the owl I photographed in yet another blog post. The picture you see here is that tree now. Several trees were damaged in the […]
kiernan
April 17, 2018
I wouldn’t call myself a dumpster diver. In fact, I’m not even really a trash picker in the honest sense of the term, since I don’t drive around purposefully looking for discarded items at the end of someone’s driveway. However, I consider myself blessed with an eye to turn what someone else considers “trash” into […]
April 16, 2018
Our new Kid of the Week is nine-year-old, Emily, from Sun Prairie! She was nominated by her mom, Tricia, who says… “Emily is a wonder girl. She loves playing with her collection of stuffed animals and doing crafts. She is such a happy young lady with a wonderful laugh and contagious smile. She helps her brother practice basketball […]
April 9, 2018
Our new Kid of the Week is seven-month-old, Jett, from Verona! He was nominated by his mom, Francesca, who says… “Jett is the happiest baby! He loves to play and laugh with his big brother Jack and big sister Charlee. He loves to eat, and is always smiling. He is mastering the art of the army crawl […]
April 7, 2018
I have written a few times over the years about another job I have, which is to teach classes for high school kids getting ready to take their ACTs and SATs. I spent most of March doing that, mostly in Illinois and Minnesota, including 14 straight nights away from home at the end of the […]
April 6, 2018
This week’s spring snowfall brought up a memory from my childhood. My birthday is at the end of April, and one year it snowed on my birthday. As a kid in the Midwest, I knew it probably wouldn’t totally ruin the birthday party that was planned for the same day, but it was still shocking […]