Magic 98
September 11, 2017
Brooklyn is this week’s Kid of the Week. She’s 14 months old, nominated by her mother, Gretchen. She says, “Brooklyn is a sweet, curious, 14-month old whose nose-crunching smiles and big kisses bring so much joy to all who know her!” Brooklyn wins prizes from Madison Property Management and Thompson Investment Management. To learn more about them, and to sign up a great […]
Jim Bartlett
September 10, 2017
Through the middle of the 1970s, Steely Dan was merely a band I heard on the radio, although I liked whatever I heard. Under the right conditions, “Do It Again” can still transport me back to the winter I turned 13 and how I tried to figure out just what it was about—and not just […]
Lanette Hansen
September 9, 2017
It’s been a couple weeks now so I can take most of the emotion out of this story. My beautiful boys and I went to the Agora Art Fair on a gorgeous weekend not long ago. We stopped by to see Kris Quackenbush, who is an amazing artist, and my five-year-old, Everett, fell in love […]
September 5, 2017
Jadeson is this week’s Kid of the Week. He’s four years old and he lives in DeForest. He was nominated by his mother, Jessica. She says, “Jadeson is a very charismatic kid, always looking for a crowd to impress. He’s the biggest sweetheart to his family, especially his mommy, who’s currently expecting twins! He’s getting […]
August 28, 2017
Meet Hayley, Magic 98‘s latest Kid of the Week. She’s six months old and she lives in Verona. She was nominated by her mom, Ashley. Hayley says, “I love green beans and carrots and to give hugs. My older sister is starting to like me now that I can do more entertaining things like throwing […]
August 21, 2017
“I feel weird,” Madea said. “Me too,” I said. It was three minutes until the total eclipse in Princeton, Kentucky. The sky was turning dark, and a 360-degree orange sunset was descending. The sun through our eclipse glasses was reduced to a tiny, shrinking sliver. But what was most notable at that moment was the […]
Eli is eight months old, he lives in Baraboo, and he is our latest Kid of the Week. He was nominated by his mom, Amanda, who says, “Eli is a happy, fun baby. He is smiling all the time, except bedtime.” Eli wins prizes from Madison Property Management and Thompson Investment Management. To learn more […]
Kathryn Vaughn
August 17, 2017
What the heck is a doot, you ask? Nuts, dark chocolate chunks, cherries, and coconut all snugged up in a little compostable wrapper. No gluten and no preservatives! It’s my own creation and it’s not a cookie, scone, tart, brownie, bar, doughnut, bicsuit, cracker, pastry, or cake, so I made up my own name. It […]
August 14, 2017
Meet Michael from Madison, Magic 98‘s latest Kid of the Week. He’s almost eight months old, and was nominated by his mother, Sondra. She says, “Michael was born last year on Christmas Day. He was three weeks early, so it was a huge surprise! He was named after my father who passed away, which means […]
August 11, 2017
Still being green in the world of school supply shopping, I wanted to get an idea of how much it was gonna cost for Everett’s kindergarten list. I went on Amazon and put everything in my cart. OK, not bad—$93. I left it there until the day I felt like spending almost $100 on glue […]