Amy Laundrie

“Don’t take this the wrong way, Amy,” a fellow tennis player said to me, “but I just have to tell you.”  I brace myself for what she’s going to say. We had just finished a doubles match, and although I’d…

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…

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…

Credit Casey Butler

“Wiggle, wiggle, Daddy.” My sister, brother, and I would call this out while sitting on the bench seat of our Rambler classic 550 station wagon. (The wagon had wing vents for ventilation and an A.M. radio with one speaker up…

The first blooms of spring always make my heart sing.~S. Brown~ Like many of you, spring is the season I most anticipate.  I watch for that first blooming crocus; I even enjoy spotting the first dandelion. I pour over photos…

The warmer temperatures mean ice is melting, and anglers, snowmobilers, UTV and ATV drivers, and ice skaters need to check conditions before venturing out. On February 26th, The Wisconsin State Journal reported the Lake Rescue Team rescued an ice skater…

The woods have a heartbeat. I walk through a valley and look up to view icicles dripping onto the rocks below. The droplets will nourish the ground this spring so other trees and plant life, such as berry bushes, can…

Tap, tap, tap. My secret valentine will not be dissuaded and keeps tapping on the bay window. Earlier this morning, at sunrise, I heard him whistling at me. If I was back in high school, I might suspect my old…