When I was in high school, a friend of mine had a girlfriend named April. She had curly hair and tanned skin and braces, I think. She went …

When I was in high school, a friend of mine had a girlfriend named April. She had curly hair and tanned skin and braces, I think. She went …
We’re happy to announce that We Are Now Accepting Bitcoin For Payment, the sign read. We also accept Ethereum and Dogecoin and ADA and Shibu…
Herbs
The gas station in our town is called Herb’s. I should say, it was called Herb’s. It might have been called something else even when I t…
The first time I ever saw the cottage I don’t think I noticed it. I drove by it and kept driving, oblivious to the obsession that would soon…
There’s something wrong with you, she said. I know, I said. The Johnson deal is in trouble. Not because it should be, but because it just …
In the winter the town would flood the gravel parking lot to give the locals a place to ice skate. Sure the lake was full of ice, but this …
I was down at that bridge again. It was dark and it was rainy and that’s why I was there. Young couples put on their prom best and sta…
The frothy whip of the real estate market has improved the lives and wellbeing of many, and in that list of many I include my own life and t…
The vacation now ended was nice enough. The islands were fine. The water was warm. The villa both impressive and comfortable. Everything was…
This was quite a year. I toggled between righteous anger over the state of the world and quiet, head down ambivalence. I think that’s …
It’s rather disingenuous for me to relate to George Bailey the way I do. I watch this, the best of the Christmas movies, each December…
Do you know what the word breathtaking means? It means to have your breath taken. Like if you get murdered, that’s a seriously breatht…
I never met Virgil Abloh. I didn’t own anything from Off-White, the company he founded in Milan almost ten years ago. I’ve never…
Nevermind that Oscar was an odd fellow, we have canonized many of his poems and words and novels and because of this we remember him. In aut…
…A house with the possibility of an income stream will clearly sell for more than one without.
Jessica Lee and her husband, whom she ask
I’ve been writing this blog with intent for twelve years. Twelve years ago, back to school meant something different to me. Twelve yea…
I really dislike the way I think. If it’s hot I like that, but I like cool better. When it’s cool I wish for it to be hot. If it…
It was once only a dream. It was once a fantasy. Some day, maybe, but unattainable. Years passed and it become possible. A stretch, but poss…
Grass is green and the sky is off-white. This is what the children of summer will be tought. Even if we don’t teach them, they’l…
In the early days of our town there was this town and some other nearby towns. None of the towns felt particularly connected, owed in large …
Every person since the beginning of time has ended his or her life with one path or road that they traveled more than any other. There̵…
I’ve reached it. The limit. My limit. Our limit. The frost on my lawn and my breath stuck in the air, all of it is too much. Our taxe…
The wind kicked up again. It was calm two days ago, and calm the day before that. But then yesterday it picked up and today it’s stirr…
I’m cursed with a malfunctioning ability to dream. It wasn’t always this way, but it has been for most of my adult life, or at l…
I’ll be home for Christmas, so the song wishes. I’ve been struggling to find some Christmas spirit this year, why it’s be…
What a curious thing it is, this year. I sit here at this desk worrying about which customer will buy and which customer will sell, worryin…
It seems to me there are two seasons of a man’s life. Some would suggest there are more, but they would be wrong. No one would sugges…
What just happened? Is it still summer? I remember the summer days. I remember seeing them through my car window, and out of this office win…
The license plate said that. ENDLESS SUMMER. If you capitalize it, then it seems like some sort of horror film. It screams at you and demand…
What a terrible time it is to be a man of conviction. Or a woman, I should add, so no one gets mad at me. There’s nothing that can be …
What is it about youth that we so envy? Do we envy youth because of our own cherished memory of it? Is it that we can imagine a time in our …
Years ago, I wrote often about the need to carve out time and dedicate that time to the enjoyment of this place. It was the time of our live…
This morning, I decided to do the thing I’ve done for nearly all of the past 24 years worth of mornings. I woke up, cleaned up, dresse…
The ice boats found their smooth patch of ice on Saturday. It was breezy without being windy, sunny without being warm, and the ice was slip…
This morning things seem ideal. I woke up, which is a nice start to any day. My house was warm, my children healthy, and when I sat on the …
There are days in our life that matter more than the other days. The days that matter do so for various reasons. Some of those days are mom…
There’s a battle inside each of us. Every day. Each season of our lives, a battle. Sometimes, the battle is easy to understand. Easy t…
In the middle of a Wisconsin summer, there are things that happen that you might not know about. I didn’t know about them, when I spen…
It’s raining again, and this time it’s getting to me. The sun shines, but then it doesn’t. Here, then gone. Like a rising…
Well, I have it. The malaise. But this case is so severe it should be capitalized, like Malaise. I should add something more to it. Like T…
Well, here we are. On the cusp. Don’t forget, this isn’t it. This is the cusp. This isn’t summer. This is a dress rehearsa…
For all of the moving I’ve done, and all of the land that I’ve called home, I have only owned one prized Oak tree. The trees that typically …
It’s over. That’s it. There’s nothing left. We made it. No more winter, not here, anyway. Sure, up north there’s sti…
I’m not sure why you’re spending the time to read this. It’s coming. Can’t you see? It’s not far away now. La…
( A rerun from 2017)
The problem with this tradition is that it’s based, at least somewhat, on emotion. On feelings. Which is wh…
I’m sitting here again. Like Groundhog Day, without the square. Just me and this computer, this desk. This street. A few snow flurries…
There’s nothing more to write. It’s just Thanksgiving. We should be thankful. I am thankful. We should also be aware that on ou…
What a mundane life it would be if we missed mornings like these. Mornings like this. The cold morning where you’re not really cold. T…
On a day last week, in the afternoon of that day, there was a choice to be made. The sky opened after a period of rain and a period of warmt…
I used to wish for things. Lots of things. In the third grade, I wished that a girl I liked wouldn’t move away. She did. Later, I wish…