When I was too little to remember most of it, Mom and Dad and five other families rented all six cabins at a resort on Green Lake. The other families had kids, too, but they were teens, athletic and strong, ideal students for Dad who liked to teach new water ski stunts each year. I […]
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If you’re a fan of all things beer or looking for a new beer to try, a New Belgium Folly Pack is a great place to start. I’m not paid to say that. I’m just a big fan. Here are five reasons why. 1. Mighty Arrow, Fat Tire, Ranger, Trippel, 1554, the five beers in […]
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Part One of Two Bo smelled of cologne. He wore a black button up shirt and dressy jeans. He could’ve been a mascot for Abercrombie & Fitch. He arrived on an April evening, 5 p.m., still plenty of sun to spare. We doodled plans on his clipboard. I inhaled him. And when he left, I […]
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I said good-bye to Bree at the Pizza Ranch. Our playgroup of moms and our kids and spouses gathered in the party room to load up on the buffet, take photos, and present Bree with a scrapbook commemorating how we “grew up together”—that’s what we called it. We were eight moms who met under the […]
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Here is how I roll—sometimes. I want to write, so I buy a journal. But it’s too beautiful to write crappy, random thoughts in it. So I don’t write at all. I want to manage time better, so I buy a calendar. But that, too, is too beautiful to write in, plus if I write […]
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abundance in the boondocks 