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The Trip Home through Hudson
The Western Auto Store is now a Chinese restaurant and not a very good one from the looks on people’s faces. Bad meals had been eaten there. We stopped the car for just a minute but when I got out, I decided against a… Continue Reading “The Trip Home through Hudson”
Canola and the Horse on the Hill
The yellow flowers carpeting sloping hills like a hand-stitched quilt spread over a four-poster bed is canola. The canola fields are a surprise every time they appear, their yellow like no other. I was stunned and happy to see each new field, if it… Continue Reading “Canola and the Horse on the Hill”
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”
We Might Be Too Old, but We Did It Anyway
It’s very easy, almost reflex, to slide into thinking you’re too old to do something because it is hard. Before we bought this camper van, we briefly owned an Airstream Bambi, a trailer that we intended to tow with our truck to all the… Continue Reading “We Might Be Too Old, but We Did It Anyway”
The $5 Canoe
Kayak on the Atlantic Ocean on the beautiful Florida Keys with the sea breeze at our backs or canoe in a mangrove swamp? The first involved a required kayaking lesson and $60 and the second involved grabbing a paddle and an orange life preserver… Continue Reading “The $5 Canoe”
Fellow Travelers
An extremely tall, skinny man, wearing coveralls and sporting a beard that hung like a wispy curtain passed us on the way to the bathroom saying that his young daughter wanted to “pet our pups.” So, we walked slowly and reluctantly in the direction… Continue Reading “Fellow Travelers”
Camping Tomorrow!
We hauled the five-gallon gas container out of the garage because we’re taking our first road trip in a year and a half to a part of the country where people are filling plastic bags with gas because they’re worried about running out of… Continue Reading “Camping Tomorrow!”
99 New: Sightseeing
In the last hour of my flight home, the setting sun shone on the wing of the plane in that rich, surreal vividness that you sometimes see unexpectedly walking out your front door at twilight. The wing’s edge had become studded with grand rubies,… Continue Reading “99 New: Sightseeing”
Friday Round-Up: DC Dash
The trick about road trips, especially short ones, is to know where you will end up for the night but not really care how you get there. Take today’s little jaunt, for instance. We started at a lovely hotel in downtown Washington, a stone’s… Continue Reading “Friday Round-Up: DC Dash”
Fairbanks Friday Round-Up
This week has us being part of a herd. Literally. We’re on a study tour of Alaska with ten other people and two guides. For a person who would rather be alone than be with anyone, this has been oddly nice. Lectures, museums, discussions,… Continue Reading “Fairbanks 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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