Oct 18, 2013 | A Day In My Life
Since I’m officially on vacation, my days should be pretty darn good. Unfortunately, things aren’t quite proceeding as planned. Everything started because I truly want to improve my relationship with my mother. Mom’s great passion is rosemaling, also called rose...
Oct 23, 2012 | A Day In My Life
Here on the island, my day begins with sound. Sometimes I wake to the blare of a freighter’s horn as it passes through the narrow Rock Island passage below Pottawatomie Lighthouse. Sometimes I wake to the chorus of a thousand birds, reminding me that humans are the...
Nov 21, 2011 | A Day In My Life
A day in my life? Well, it starts in the old Wisconsin farmhouse where I live. The peaceful setting is good, because my days are usually anything but. I’m curator of collections at a huge living history museum called Old World Wisconsin. It’s one of the coolest...
