Amy Laundrie

Amy Laundrie

Then again…Maybe We Just Did

Dear Dad, Happy 100th birthday—and happy Father’s Day! Even though you’ve been gone 45 years, I still think of you often. I like to imagine you’re watching over me and my family with a smile and an approving, “Dirty Dog,”…

Honoring our History

It will soon be here. Memorial Day is a day we set aside to honor those U.S. military personnel who served in the armed forces.  My father was in the Navy during World War II, serving aboard the USS Crater.…

Echoes of Feathered Friendships

It’s spring, the season of rebirth, and I drive toward Portage’s Tractor Supply with a longing heart. I picture the fluffy ducklings that they sell. I imagine holding them, listening to their soft peeps, and then setting them down so…

The Unstoppable Bello Nock

I recently visited with the famous Bello Nock, a comic daredevil who’s performing this spring in Lake Delton. Come listen in on our conversation.  “My earliest memories of you, Bello, were when I had you as a fourth-grade student at…

Lessons Learned From Rejection

I’m looking at my email and see I got another rejection—this one from a literary agent. Between agents and editors, my total must now be up into the thousands, or at least it feels that way. Several of my fellow…

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