Lanette Hansen
February 10, 2014
There’s an author who once said something that has stuck with me for years. “Please be responsible for the energy you bring into this space.” I love that and think of it often. So, I’m well aware that I’m about to bring negative energy into this space, but this winter can kiss my butt! Oh […]
kiernan
I am more of a morning person than a night owl. I enjoy taking Truman for a walk when it’s still dark so that by the time we’re finished I can see the sun slowly start to make the sky pink. I also love how still everything is in the morning. It’s a good time […]
Jim Bartlett
February 5, 2014
Fifty years ago this week, the Beatles landed in America, played on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” and changed millions of lives, along with the very course of history. While a certain degree of Beatlemania was happening everywhere in the spring and summer of 1964, it got an extra jolt of intensity in Wisconsin in September, […]
Kathryn Vaughn
When I was growing up, getting your ears pierced was something of a right of passage to being an adult. You had to wait until you were 16 years old. Not at all sure why that was, but I think it was. I had found some cute 14k gold posts and my friend […]
January 30, 2014
Super Bowl Sunday is not far off, and at our house, we’ll revisit our annual tradition: Super Bowl Chili. I’ve made a pot of some kind of chili for every Super Bowl game since 1984, so this is the 31st annual. The recipe changes from year to year. When the tradition began, it was a […]
January 22, 2014
Though I would not want to be working outside fixing telephone poles, I really LIKE winter a lot. I’m pretty sure it has to do with the angle of the earth that makes the sun’s light seem a brighter white. Even without the snow, it’s a much clearer light … and then there’s the clean crisp air […]
January 17, 2014
Loss and grief are two powerful, powerful forces. They can grip your gut and take you down in a moment’s notice. And it doesn’t matter if your loss was 10 days ago or 10 years ago. Grief has a way of sticking around to haunt you in your lonliest times, but it can also empower you to do […]
January 16, 2014
I readily admit I am somewhat of a germaphobe. I understand that a healthy dose of unhealthy germs is necessary to built up our immunity but there are some illnesses that I absolutely refuse to let come in contact with my body. Those germs are the ones that cause any type of gastrointestinal distress such […]
January 10, 2014
As I have written here before, I am a beer and wine tourist. Ann and I will take off on a weekend afternoon just to visit some winery or brewery in the area, and when we travel farther afield, we always bring a list of likely spots to hit along the way. (Some smart economist […]
January 6, 2014
Everett started Toddler Time at Monona Grove Nursery School (same place that my siblings and I went.) We finally got the dang carpets cleaned. Two dogs and a cat that we’ve managed to keep healthy and happy. My brother and Julie got married! My grandma Hansen turned 92! The furnace and both our cars pooped out on […]