I know that’s part of a nursery rhyme, but at the moment, I can’t remember which one. It’s been a long time since I spent time with Mother Goo…
Add in the farmer making hay. It fits, doesn’t it?
He may have noticed them for a while now, but didn’t act as if. They’ve been in residence for about a month at least, but Thursday past as I w…
Do you ever think, ‘I just want a day to myself?’ I used to wish for that when I was working Monday through Friday, using the weekends to ‘get…
As the 4th of July approaches I wonder where June went. And why it is that summer seems so fleeting and winter so very, very long.
I’m not sure when this rule actually came into being. It would be fun to think that my childhood classmate Judy and I were the reason, but of …
There’s a leitmotif amongst my reading habits that dawned upon me only recently. For some reason I am drawn to stories about women, single wom…
My husband has gone from being a chick magnet to a tick magnet these days. Well, in my eyes he’s still a chick magnet. My kids would be rollin…
If you want to see all of the emails your mayor received and sent during the week of March 16-20, 2020, to find communications regarding the c…
Have a combined surprise birthday party for the daughter and the granddaughter she thought. Their birthdays are only six days apart she though…
You all know I love food. There’s the warm, cozy tastes of autumn and winter that stretch some into spring. After all, we always get that last…
I used the key to our storage unit, opened the door, picked my jaw up off the floor, and quickly closed it again. That little space, six by te…
It was beautiful out. Blue skies, sunshine, a light breeze blowing. I sat on the porch at the farm and watched two ruby-throated hummingbirds …
Your front door opens to the world.
I am thinking of the soldiers as we go into this Memorial Day weekend. How can you not when you look at the sea of American flags waving at us…
Never fear, I won’t fill up the entire issue of The Review by listing all of them but one came very close to home Sunday past. It’s a summer b…
Having Bette Davis eyes is not a compliment. At least it’s not if you go by the lyrics of the song made popular by Kim Carnes back in the 1980…
Gosh, it's so nice to hear the hum of lawnmowers again and see the occasional boat or camper go by. We've waited so long for this!
My Dad and one of his buddies went fishing one day. His friend, Chad was quite a bit younger and we knew without a doubt he’d watch out for Da…
Our grandchildren love our farm. They clamber about in the hay mow whenever the opportunity arises. They are willing helpers, no matter how di…
In March, the Washington Post reported that University of Wisconsin-Madison Chancellor Rebecca Blank sought to move a conversation around the …
According to the many myths and legends surrounding gnomes, in their various situations, cultures and differences in names (a tomte is a gnome…
Okay, if you’re on a diet, this article isn’t for you. We’re about to delve into the land of sweet rapture that only sugar can provide.
Next week we usually celebrate this holiday with rather different foods here than in the historic battle site, Puebla, Mexico, where mole pobl…
Federal relief funds are providing a temporary life raft to Wisconsin transit systems amid the plunging ridership of the COVID-19 pandemic, li…
Ah, yes, spring has sprung, sort of. As I write this, we woke up to 27 degrees this morning and frost on the grass and the windshield’s a silv…
Do you really think I can write a whole article on washing dishes? Well, let’s see.
I’m not entirely sure if I’m aging gracefully or not. Or indeed even what aging gracefully truly means. I did this little self-assessment: I’v…
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