It was 1953, three years before I was born. My mother’s family moved from Palmyra, in southeast Wisconsin, to Platteville in the southwest that summer,
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Adventurous days of yore.
Another superhero movie is upon us. This one is Suicide Squad, and I’ll be seeing it with a couple friends in Eau Claire this Friday
A lazy summer day.
Summers in Wisconsin don’t last very long–it’s said we have nine months of winter and three months of bad snowmobiling–but when they do arrive, they’re
Fathers, then and now.
Last month, Father’s Day arrived while Sue and I were visiting Door County, one of Wisconsin’s most scenic areas. Like all Father’s Days for me
Journey to the Celestial Empire.
Have you ever dreamed about traveling to an exotic land, one you read about in an exciting novel, or saw on the movie screen? In
The challenge of Memorial Day.
This past Monday was Memorial Day across our land. In our community of Rice Lake, up in northwest Wisconsin, we have a tradition of a
A Strenuous Writer's Life 