SAAF #1: Something About A Flower
Greg reflects on the joys of being a father.
Natural Instincts Collide With Modern Life For A Woman And Her Dog
It’s two a.m., and the terrier can’t sleep. Raccoons and possums are prowling. The terrier wants to go outside, guard our farm, protect our crops.
I’d welcome her vigilance were we actually farmers, if we truly had any crops, but we aren’t and we don’t.
Calvin Young’s Path To A Future In Milwaukee
Calvin Young grew up on Mayflower Court between two “projects” near 7th and Walnut. From a young age, Young’s environment had an influence on him. Both of his parents were alcoholics and, eventually, it found him too.
Folklorist Jim Leary Highlights Wisconsin’s Folk Music Tradition
From 1937 to 1946, Sidney Robertson Cowell, Alan Lomax, and the University of Wisconsin’s Helene Stratman-Thomas, with federal support from the Archive of American Folk Song at the Library of Congress, recorded nearly 2,000 traditional performances in more than twenty-five languages from musicians and singers in Michigan, Minnesota, and Wisconsin.
Winter Doesn’t Stop Ice Boaters From Taking To Wisconsin Lakes
DN, Renegade, Nite, Skeeter, Stern Steerer, runner plank, tiller, light air, heavy air. Those words were not part of my regular vocabulary. Then I went ice boating.
Ice boating requires many levels of patience.
One Man’s Love Affair With Buttons
Many of us collect things, from baseball cards to comic books and dolls. Gary Brockman of Middleton collects buttons.
He fell in love with buttons while working in publishing in New York City.
One Man’s Love Affair With Buttons
Many of us collect things, from baseball cards to comic books and dolls. Gary Brockman of Middleton collects buttons.
He fell in love with buttons while working in publishing in New York City.
An Artist’s Work Is Dynamite (Literally)
As a boy, Eric Lee had a deep love of art. In elementary school, he’d borrow friends’ Transformer toys and try copy the art he found on the toys’ boxes.
“Drawing, you know, like any kid,” Lee said.
Drivers Slide Into Sport Of Drag Racing On Ice
On a gray winter morning, a steady parade of cars and trucks winds through Council Ground State Park, down a snowy boat ramp and onto the frozen surface of Lake Alexander near Merrill.
Visiting Past Brings Woman Peace In Present
At sunrise on a June morning, Melinda Roberts is busy loading her car, finding a comfortable spot for her dog Dexter, hitching up her 1986 Uhaul camper and hitting the road.
Green Bay Native Becomes Pageant Prodigy And Medical Marvel
In the Green Bay area and across Wisconsin Tina Sauerhammer isn’t a household name just yet, but don’t bet against it. She first competed for Miss Wisconsin in 2001 after winning the Miss Green Bay Pageant.
Taxi Cab Driver Shares A Ride Through The Night
Philip Ashby is a television production artist by day and a taxi cab driver by night. In this animated story, he describes the special relationship that is shared between a taxi driver and his passengers as they share a ride through the city of Madison.
Wisconsin Life #312: “Wunderkinds & Winter Races”
A member of the medical team that performed the first full face transplant, a man who organizes drag races on icy lakes and a taxi cab driver are a few of the Wisconsinites who share their stories in this episode.
Father Decides How To Discuss Santa With His Son
The year my older son started kindergarten—our third in Wisconsin—I learned about St. Nick’s Day. Children set their shoes by the fireplace before bed on December 5th and wake the next morning to find their Keds and Converse filled with chocolate coins wrapped in gold foil, a small toy or two.
Green Bay Man Leaps Into Dream Job, Tending The Lambeau Turf
Game day at Lambeau Field in Green Bay has a party atmosphere. There is a sea of fans, a few bands playing the “Packers Polka” and tailgaters as far as the eye can see.