I don’t want to ever take it for granted. Not one bit of my luck. Where I can have a movie night with my mom, […]
Apollo
President Kennedy challenged the nation to land astronauts on the moon by the end of the decade. Now it’s up to you to walk in […]
Change of Scenery
I’m at my brother’s office right now — he runs his own video production company Spoken Frame Media. I spend the afternoon with him filming […]
A place to go
I hope you too have a place to goWith a hot meal— turkey and lingonberries if you’re lucky —And a warm place to soakWhile sipping […]
Still on vacation
My parents have a sign hanging by the coat rack: “Still on vacation” They got it, I believe, some time after they moved permanently to […]
100WWC
My mom had her quarterly meeting for a non-profit she founded this evening: 100 Women Who Care of Northern Door County. It’s a local branch […]
For the better
I’m reading on the back porch of the cottageUmbrella up, sipping Diet Coke in the shadeLooking out at the life my parents builtMy dad carrying […]
How Homes Are Built
After our Pluggies party for work last night, my parents picked up takeout from a local restaurant (Fireside) and we met at my place. Still […]
Lunch Break
Here’s a beautiful perk about moving to Wisconsin in the middle of the summer: beautiful days, feet from the lake, paddleboards at the ready. After […]
Tractor Ride
This evening, we went on a tractor ride after dinner. That is a very rural Midwest sentence on my second full day as a Wisconsin […]