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Category: Travel
Five Takeaways from Six Days on the Road
Always have the fixings for a sandwich in your vehicle. Then, if you miss the elusive but delectable Steak ‘n Shake, which has burgers to die for and amazing milkshakes, you can pull up to the parking lot of St. Julian’s Winery and make… Continue Reading “Five Takeaways from Six Days on the Road”
Eclipse Glasses and the Lure of Being Carefree
I bought special glasses for watching the solar eclipse. They look like the cardboard glasses we used to get to watch 3D movies. Oddly, because we don’t ordinarily search out celestial happenings, we are going to Ohio for another reason anyway and that is… Continue Reading “Eclipse Glasses and the Lure of Being Carefree”
Superiority
This is our new neighbor. She’s having a hard time fitting in. We’ve tried to help her by suggesting that she scale down just a bit and maybe give the barn swallows some space to fly around. That’s not true. We’ve only had one… Continue Reading “Superiority”
Farm Girl Passing
I love it that cows keep eating even in the rain. They don’t even look up. Rain is meaningless to them. This raises some questions. Are all cows born stoic, impervious to wet? Or did each learn that no one will come if they… Continue Reading “Farm Girl Passing”
We Know When to Quit
We didn’t press on. We turned back. It was the wise thing to do. Even if we had to turn our truck around on a narrow dirt logging road with shoulders made of deep soft sand. I had to get out of the truck… Continue Reading “We Know When to Quit”
White Pelicans in the Rain
It rained hard on the way home from Madison. So hard that I got off the freeway when I got to the outskirts of Milwaukee, opting for surface streets rather than the pinball machine that the freeway was becoming. All the way back, on… Continue Reading “White Pelicans in the Rain”
Rowing
Today I watched a couple walking down the street near Walmart. She was pushing a baby in an umbrella stroller and trying to make her little girl – maybe 3 or 4 years old – hold on to the side of the stroller which… Continue Reading “Rowing”
Back from Gallivanting Friday Round-Up
I once went 843 consecutive days posting on my blog which seems, now, like a symptom of something. I remember the moment I realized I was going to miss a day. We were driving down a two-lane road to a campground next to some… Continue Reading “Back from Gallivanting Friday Round-Up”
The Gales of November
Tonight, I learned the meaning of the word fetch, used as a noun, to describe the growing power of wind and waves. This is especially pertinent to a lover of Lake Superior who is frequently at a loss to describe the lake’s extraordinary drama.… Continue Reading “The Gales of November”
I Swam in the Big Blue
Down the beach, I see our neighbor swimmingHis gray head bobbing in the gentle wavesWhile he talks to his wife on the beachShe is collecting rocks, looking for agates, studying Then they switch, he comes on shore and she wades inI watch her in… Continue Reading “I Swam in the Big Blue”
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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