Part One: In the late summer of 1975, Kathy told me she was pregnant and we would be having a child in April 1976. I was excited. I was scared! I don't know how to be a father!! What would…
All of the talk about the upcoming launch of Artemis 2 has jogged a few of my space memories. Flash Gordon! On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik. I was 9-years old and fascinated. I knew space travel…
Not many people think about me on Fat Tuesday, but on Fat Tuesday I sometimes remember the one and only time that Kathy and I got to experience the Mardi Gras. That was a long, long time ago. I was…
(This was adapted from a post on December 29, 2008.) A week ago I went shopping for a new snow shovel. A storm was heading our way and our trusty at-least-30-year-old shovel broke that morning while Kathy was shoveling the…
Having told you about Island Time from our recent vacation, I thought I would tell you something about our time on the Island. Our route there was very simple; we don't usually take the freeways anymore. We headed north out…
It's a bit of a challenge to think about flowers this time of year when overnight lows continue to plummet below zero and daytime "breezes" create wind chills that do much more than chill. However, February is the month in…
It was two days before the Great American Eclipse and I still had no plans. It's not that I didn't want to see it; I really, really wanted to see it. In Madison the sun would be 89% eclipsed by…
The holidays are here! There's music. There are decorations. There are presents! But, as the years pass, the old tradition of sending cards is fading away. But, I have to admit that I'm old fashioned and still like to send…
(This is continued from A Day in the Life: Part 2) After a week of improving their play on individual instruments and rehearsing with bands, orchestras, jazz combos and other musical groups, the students are ready to perform in concert.…