Kathryn Vaughn
January 14, 2018
Yes, it has been dipping down into nearly double digits below zero outside, but my little pet of 29 years has been holding his own, in his own sunbeam. This is not a Photoshopped image—Joe regularly does this yoga stretch on his own. (It’s not because he’s seen me doing it. Although it’s lovely for […]
Cailynn Hensen
January 12, 2018
If I had a nickel for every time someone said to me, “You’re from Minnesota/Wisconsin! You should be used to the cold,” I’d have a big bag of nickels. Has anyone ever said that to you? As Midwesterners, we don’t get used to the cold. We just live with it. And if we’re lucky, we […]
Jim Bartlett
January 11, 2018
Ann and I don’t usually take long vacations. We started 2018, however, with a nine-day trip, the longest one we’ve been on together in something like eight years. Our first stop was to visit Ann‘s sister and her family, who live in the Virginia suburbs of Washington, DC. We decided to drive it this time, […]
kiernan
January 10, 2018
I decided to try an experiment by taking myself off social media for a week. I recently posted an angry rant on Facebook about not being serviced by a company when I wanted them to. I was mad. Social media was there as an easy vent, to let the world know how mad I was. […]
Magic 98
January 8, 2018
Our latest Kid of the Week is 19-month-old Macey from Beaver Dam. She was nominated by her mother, Ashley, who tells her story: “Macey was born eight weeks early at two pounds, 15 ounces. Miraculously, she stayed in the NICU for only 23 days and came home a whopping four pounds, three ounces! She’s done […]
January 2, 2018
Meet Oaklyn, our latest Kid of the Week. She’s three months old and lives in Janesville. She was nominated by her great aunt Lana, who says, “She’s the beautiful daughter of Morgan and Kyle. She has the most beautiful smile and such a sweet baby.” Oaklyn wins prizes from Madison Property Management and Thompson Investment […]