I want the library to open! I miss browsing through the aisles, smelling the books, seeing what's new, and finding an adventure waiting upon t…
If our parents were still living, today (April 15) would be their 63rd wedding anniversary. Alas, they are no longer of this earth, but there …
I love looking at old photographs — being reminded of happy times and again feel those heart-tugs of those no longer with us.
It’s Good Friday as I type this. It’s sunny, but cool and dry. Not an unpleasant day thus far, though it’s early morning yet. I’m remembering …
I am not typically the jealous type but there is a time in spring when the green-eyed monster rears its ugly head. It can happen at any time. …
Now I have to tell you that the simple title of this article has my four sisters thinking “Oh, no, what is she going to say?! Will she tell ab…
I was an 18-year-old kid when I walked into The Phillips Bee office for the first time.
I probably should not admit this in print but here goes. I am a sucker for the happy ending. Every time I watch the movie “Titanic” I find thi…
I saw a mattress in a ditch on the side of the road, along with too many plastic bags to count and enough tires to supply a fleet of sedans an…
Driving home from a doctor’s appointment Friday past I noticed that the road we live on had been posted. The road bans being up means loggers …
I recently had a conversation with a Louisiana State Trooper. No, it was not as I was pulled over on the side of the freeway, or looking throu…
By the calendar, if nothing else, Saturday next will be the first day of spring. Our winter here in the Northwoods has not been totally horrif…
Where is your happy place? Oh, come on. I think everyone has one.
It is the last day of February as I pen this column and the Park Falls area is in the midst of blizzardly conditions. I’d put off writing my k…
I had the dumbest dream last night. I dreamt I was at a large gathering that resembled the third story auditorium of our local library. Chairs…
Got out of the house yesterday. Trust me fellow inmates - the world is still there!
As a kid, I was fascinated by what life thrived under the frozen ice of our Wisconsin lakes. How could anything live in those freezing depths …
I love to read. and in the past have never watched much television - until the pandemic. Now I watch quite a few nights.The advertisements are…
Aladdin had his magic carpet, I have my magic dust cloth and Swiffer. Well, my dust cloth isn’t truly magic, just a square cut from an old bed…
Being that the day of this writing is Valentine’s Day, it reminded me of one year long ago when I was in the pharmacy and happened to run into…
No, not those who step out on their spouses or significant others. Nor those who throw sporting events dependent upon Vegas oddsmakers. Or eve…
This morning, Sunday, I arose from slumber when the sunshine around the drawn shades could no longer be ignored. I shuffled out of the bedroom…
We have gotten rather spoiled during this winter season. Wouldn’t you say? Days on end with a gentle 20 to 30-degree forecast. A brown Christm…
…I do it for you.”
As I churned out this column on a sunny Monday morning, I reflected on the first sparkling signal of a gala holiday extravaganza which awaited…
When you look up into the night skies, do you really know what you’re looking at anymore? Among the stars are hidden a multitude of satellites…
Actually, the LeeAnn Womack song “Last Call” contains that line and it has been an earworm for me the past few days but that’s not what I’m wr…
Most dogs do not have their obituary published in the local newspaper. But, Ivy Claire was never “most dogs.”
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