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Thursday in Fairbanks
We ate moose soup and thick yeasty rolls with butter and blueberry jam. It was our lunch with the elders at Denakkanaaga in Fairbanks. We are on a study tour of Alaska above the 65th parallel. The trip starts in Fairbanks, goes to Denali,… Continue Reading “Thursday in Fairbanks”
A Quick Trip to Ajo
When we travel, we figure out where the tourist towns are and then we head the other way. Today’s trip was to Ajo, Arizona, a very small town 43 miles north of the Mexican border and on the edge of Organ Pipe National Monument.… Continue Reading “A Quick Trip to Ajo”
Window Seat
The girl next to me is looking She waits until I read my book Then looks out my window The one I claimed right away Her middle seat makes her squirm Her envy flowering from her face She leans over, asks to look again… Continue Reading “Window Seat”
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”
Highway Robbery
We were on the road to Carefree and then we turned left. I saw Carefree on the map we got at the hotel and then decided to go there to take a picture of the sign at the city limits. Then I could say that I… Continue Reading “Highway Robbery”
Chinooks 1, Brewers 0
All of you sad sack Brewer fans should cash in your season tickets and stop your morning weeping over the sports page and become Lakeshore Chinook fans instead. Here’s ten reasons why. I’ll go in David Letterman order. #10: The Chinooks are owned by… Continue Reading “Chinooks 1, Brewers 0”
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”
Two Weeks at Big Girl Camp
What do you learn at Big Girl Camp? What’s the essence of being a big girl? My younger granddaughter has been having a hard time being 6. She complains that all the grown-ups treat her like a baby. She often encourages this by bursting… Continue Reading “Two Weeks at Big Girl Camp”
When Good Trips Go Bad
Nothing is worse than a road trip gone bad. Not flat-tire bad or wrong- turn bad or blown-carburetor bad. Not running-out-of-money bad or food-poisoning bad. Not crummy-motel-with-mice bad. This is all the stuff of hilarity years later, the ‘remember whens’ of family dinners and… Continue Reading “When Good Trips Go Bad”
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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