Waiting for the parade

The view above is one of that I found on a river in Wisconsin. It must be hunting season, as I’ve heard five shots ring out since I’ve started typing this. I’m not a hunter and never will be, so I sought out a riverbank instead, content to watch the water flow by. It sure

The road ahead

Sometimes I have things I  want to say in this space. And sometimes I just have an image to share with the world. The image above comes from a recent morning hike at a campground in Wisconsin. But really it could have been taken anywhere with trees and a road up ahead. Where does the

I’m gonna pop some tags

I have to admit that the Macklemore song “Thrift Shop” is exceedingly catchy. As a long-time thrift shop guy myself, it’s exciting to find something interesting for less than you’d pay for it at retail. The $50 t-shirt from the song? I know exactly the point being made there. Don’t pay that if you don’t

Life is short

I say it all the time, but life is indeed short. I could riff on the death of Hugo Chavez at 58 from cancer, but many others will do that better than I could. So I’ll use this story instead. The snow from this storm fell yesterday, and is heading eastward today. I’m staring at

First you gotta have heart

Today was a cold and wintry day in Illinois, and even more so up north in Wisconsin. My teenager had a skating competition up that way, which involved a drive of a couple of hours in the general direction of Fond du Lac. I captured a pretty view along the way, and had a couple

Wisconsin countryside

There’s so much natural beauty around today, but this scene made me pull off the road and capture it. Even a non-religious type like me can appreciate a church in the snow. It’s very serene and very peaceful.

An attack on America

The killing of Sikhs in Oak Creek, Wisconsin over the weekend wasn’t supposed to happen. None of these shootings, like the ones in Aurora, and Tucson, and Fort Hood, and Virginia Tech, and many other places, are supposed to happen. But when a crazy guy (and they’re always guys, aren’t they?) who’s had his mind

The Love Curd

Cheese curds are something that may be available outside of Wisconsin, but once you cross into the state, they seem to be everywhere. And buying a bag of cheese to munch on just seems like the thing to do. And so it was when I went to a Culver’s Restaurant in Wisconsin for lunch last

A rock and roll miracle

I’ve been on vacation with my family for the past week, and haven’t had any time to blog lately. But it’s late at night, and I’m in the business center of a Holiday Inn that apparently doesn’t limit its internet usage, so here goes: Country music has never been my thing. I live in a