The DeSanto Family Likes To Clown Around… For A Living
Greg and Karen DeSanto met and fell in love while performing as circus clowns. They spent years following the show ...
The Last Good Years With A Beloved Dog
“Buddy, you are 7 years old, in the prime of life. These are the good years. Enjoy.” The words stared up ...
Native American Doctor Encourages Other Young Healers
Bret Benally Thompson dreamed of being a doctor from a young age but gave up his dream after his grandpa ...
Leaving Madison – And Home – for College In New York City
On the near west side of Madison, there’s a triangle-shaped patch of grass in the middle of the Hillington Green ...
Lessons Learned From Best Friends
I sat behind Karen in Miss Rhinehart’s second grade class: Sabaska, See. She asked if she could borrow a comb; ...
Ghosts of Memory in Oshkosh
Oshkosh is a Wisconsin town trapped in time – at least for me. I was born there, and proudly sported ...
The Ways We Misunderstand Each Other
Wisconsin has been my home since I came here from the Chicago area for college in the late 1980s. I’m ...
Amazing Grace: A Choir For Sufferers Of Memory Loss
Weekends are usually quiet at the Milwaukee High School of the Arts. But for a few hours on Saturday mornings, ...
Human Nature Revealed On The Mini Golf Course
You can learn a lot about people by seeing how they play games. I’m not the first person to say ...
State Ban On Oleo Margarine Led To Smuggling
Imagine this, it is 1950, Spooner a Friday evening, darkness is descending. My mother and a few of her friends ...
Recalling Friendship And Summer Nights On Lake Hallie
I lived in town near school and my best friend, Karen, was a “bus kid.” When we were twelve she ...
An Over The Lake Drive To Milwaukee
My dad never asked for directions. Never. He always knew the best way to get there, especially when he didn’t. ...
Weaving A Life
In a rustic log home near Conover, Janice Zindel weaves her life. Nancy Camden went to visit her in her ...
Moving to Madison
After growing up in St. Louis, I wanted to settle down somewhere smaller. I liked Midwestern college towns, so I ...
Bowling and Beer at One of Milwaukee’s Oldest Taverns
Tucked inside the basement of a neighborhood bar in southwest Milwaukee, you'll find the oldest bowling alley in the country. ...