Today is my mom’s birthday! I thought today might be a great day to embarrass her by using my 21st century space (this blog) to bring attention to all that she does. My mom was a lot of things when my brothers and I were growing up. She was an amateur nurse. She was an [...]
Posts Tagged ‘family’
6 Sep
2nd Annual Walworth County Fair Review
Inevitably, most people that know me think of me as a city kid. They see the GAP pants, 4-door sedan, house in the city and come to the easy assumption that is who I am, and always have been. Invisible to the naked eye is the yearning to drive a Silverado, to drink at A-run [...]
1 Apr
My brother the outlier
Milwaukee County Libraries are fantastic. People can piss and moan about taxes and government services all they want. I love the library and am glad we have opportunities like that here in Milwaukee and the United States. If this service, which I use, means we need to have a service that I don’t and someone [...]
27 Dec
My dad, smoking, and more
Going to try something a little different… One year ago today Last year on December 27th my dad suffered a serious stroke, even needed to have brain surgery to remove a clot (or something) from his brain. Was terrifying. Actually got to see him today, unexpectedly, and I am proud of how far he has [...]