Sunday was a gray, overcast day and as it went on, my mood soured. I attributed this change in my emotions to the weather until I went on an errand late in the day. A father, presumably of a 2020 graduate in a neighboring town was in front of me in line at the fabric…
I am hoping that the curbside fad disappears after the pandemic is quelled. Yesterday, I had a short but unorganized experience picking up more fabric for masks. Last week, my sewing machine needle broke. In the middle of making PPE’s and a quilt, it was not good timing. I searched my drawers and came up…
Last year, when I worked for 8 months at a local Land Trust, I stopped most mornings that I headed into work for a latte. Drinking a latte 3-4 days a week was the one way I got milk into me. I am not a fan of this dairy-derived beverage; I never have been. I…
Again… Years ago, I said I had enough, never would I do it again. You said, “I hurt you,” and recoiled from my touch. It didn’t take long to decide to stop. Several months of seeing you look ragged & unkempt. I didn’t know what I was doing, I told you that. I felt strong…
I am sitting in my home office, looking out the window at the end of our home fruit orchard. We have three rows of about ten trees in each row. We planted the orchard a few years after we moved to this house, in which we’ve resided now for thirteen years this month. It is…
Last week, Journey North, an organization that monitors migrational species and phenological changes posted that several citizen scientists had reported Monarch Butterflies in Wisconsin! Already?! Really?! My milkweed is not even up! This is the very reason I am suspicious of these reports. None of the observers made the report with a photo, but some…
We have to learn to allow for mistakes. During this time of the COVID 19 pandemic, we’ve seen teachers quickly change gears from one learning platform to another. Students had to follow suit, just as quickly, as classes went from in-person to screens over the course of a weekend. But, are we allowing for mistakes? …
Over our twenty-one years as Wisconsin residents, we have yet to find a Buffalo Wing recipe that is like the wings we grew up eating! Having lived in Buffalo, New York we had the pleasure of eating some of the city’s great “delicacies” such as the original Buffalo Chicken Wing. (There are others.) As…
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