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Category: Friday Round-Up
Pink Ribbons Friday Round-Up
We successfully turned our backyard/dog yard into a party yard for tomorrow’s baby shower. It will work well if no one looks too closely at the quality of the grass or is bothered by flies which have come out of nowhere to drive us… Continue Reading “Pink Ribbons Friday Round-Up”
Somewhat Grumpy Friday Round-Up
It’s true that I’m watching Julia Child make shrimp mousse. And I’m remembering how many times, in that era, I suspended various items in gelatin, which isn’t exactly mousse but as close as I ever came. One of my favorites was canned sweet cherries… Continue Reading “Somewhat Grumpy Friday Round-Up”
Pull the Plug Friday Round-Up
If you can start things, you can quit them. I am about to wrap up a community thing that I’ve been doing for a long time. I don’t have the passion for it anymore, other groups can do it better, and I want to… Continue Reading “Pull the Plug Friday Round-Up”
Steering Clear Friday Round-Up
When we asked Nurse Molly about side effects, she laughed and said she had diarrhea the day after her shot. She said this, double-masked, wearing a down jacket and a knit hat pulled down to her eyebrows. She wore jeans and boots with thick… Continue Reading “Steering Clear Friday Round-Up”
Beaver Mittens Friday Round-Up
We got our first shot. Getting it was a combination of seeking and serendipity. We were euphoric afterward but that feeling – that we could pack up the car and take off across the country – has been tempered by the new strains, the… Continue Reading “Beaver Mittens Friday Round-Up”
Snow Angel Friday Round-Up (One Day Early)
Few things rival a bowl of potato chips and a Coke when you want a fine snack. A friend used to tell the story of how, on Saturday afternoons, her widowed mother would buy a bag of potato chips and divvy up the chips… Continue Reading “Snow Angel Friday Round-Up (One Day Early)”
Quit Cryin’ in Your Beer Friday Round-Up
I love sports talk radio because, in between talk of draft picks and playoff odds, one or the other of the talking jocks says something right out of my dad’s lingo list, like “quit cryin’ in your beer.” This is the most perfect phrase,… Continue Reading “Quit Cryin’ in Your Beer Friday Round-Up”
Try to Be Glad Friday Round-Up
My dog just ate my shirt. Well, not the whole shirt, just the left underarm area where there is a chomp out of the cloth like you might see in a cartoon depiction of a dog going after someone’s shirt. My dog went in… Continue Reading “Try to Be Glad Friday Round-Up”
Poor Boy is Peckish Friday Round-Up
Yesterday’s episode of Donald Trump’s Playhouse, featuring his tiny dancer desk, made life worth living. And his “I’M THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES!” explosion was better than a bucket of whipped cream on fresh pie. His little show, played out thumb scroll after… Continue Reading “Poor Boy is Peckish Friday Round-Up”
Purr-fect Friday Round-Up
My life in a parallel universe is going pretty well. Of course, I don’t see my compatriots, the other folks who are wearing masks and hunkering down because, you know, they are hunkering down. I do see the people bunched up around the tavern… Continue Reading “Purr-fect Friday Round-Up”
Snow Door | wisconsinacademy.org
Listen to Jan read her essay “Billy” presented on WUWM’s Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “At the Breakfast Bar” on WUWM Lake Effect
Jan’s essay “The Parish Hall,” on WUWM Lake Effect
“Fury Cannot Touch Me,” Modern Love, NYT, 9/29/11
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