Preserving a memory: A meditation on home and memorial benches
When someone is diagnosed with a terminal illness, how do we choose to preserve the memory of that person? Radio ...
Rebellious readers: Sisters reflect on their love of books
Beth Lo grew up spending most of her free time immersed in books. Now living with her sister Mai J. ...
Taking on an accent: Green Bay’s Carina Abrego-Koch for ‘Home Is Here’
How do you travel halfway around the world and still feel connected to home? For WPR’s Carina Abrego-Koch of Green ...
Gleaning the sunflowers: How not to fail at gardening
Gardening season is upon us. For people blessed with a green thumb, this is their moment to shine…they’re putting in ...
How to be beautiful: A lesson from mom
Many of us are grateful for everything our mothers taught us. For Jana Rose Schleis, she’s thankful that her mom ...
Painting the landscape: Earth Day in the Heartland
Wisconsin senator Gaylord Nelson helped organize the first Earth Day in 1970, after growing concerns for the environment. Since then, it’s ...
‘Food memories’: James Beard Semifinalist Jamie Hoang shines through family recipes at Ahan
It's one hour before Madison's Ahan restaurant opens and the small kitchen is buzzing. Water is boiling, chicken is roasting ...
Rules are rules: Navigating prenatal appointments alone during the pandemic
Over the last several years, many profound experiences that typically would be shared with loved ones were lost in the ...
Pregnant in a pandemic: When parenting begins before the birth
The pandemic has been hard on many parents. For N’Jameh Russell-Camara of Milwaukee, her parenting started earlier than she expected, ...
Promises kept: Madison woman reflects on her late father’s life
Many of us reach a point in life when it's our turn to take care of our parents. That was ...
Dear Papa, I’m writing to you on birch bark
When WPR producer Steve Gotcher's daughter, Erika, was a little girl, she started a tradition of sending him letters on ...
Little known truths about lilies of the valley
It was May 1977 when my grandmother Nana led me to her basement, past the black-iron cook stove, then the ...
La Crosse author reimagines Hmong folk tale in new book ‘Folklore’
The story of Xai and Sia is a Hmong folk tale of a young woman’s journey to the netherworld to ...
A Family Affair: Father And Daughter Reflect On Generations Of Military Service
Like her father before her, Captain Alice Bechtol joined the U.S. Army as a family tradition. Growing up in a ...
‘I Still Remember’: A Woman’s Journey From Laos To Eau Claire
In the mid-1970s, Lisa Chue Thao and her family had to leave their whole world behind. Their farm, their friends, ...