On a sleety snowy day after the middle of February, 2021, I decided to look up calendar things... The Gregorian calendar continued to use...

until then.... Sailing Into The Wind Long and Short Stories By Lou Marin Deer Black Wind Dead Man’s Bouquet Dream Catcher Having My Cake...

This collection of micro fiction and short stories is dedicated to my father, Al Marin, who was a great storyteller and who instilled in...

ANDOVER — Going into its 35th year, the Ellis River Riders in Andover is still going strong. The horseback riding organization’s members...

I am not a farmer or gardener per se, but like a lot of people in the north, when the winter winds blow, my mind starts to wander toward...

Here are a few poems I have written about travels here in the United States: Missouri My geography teacher told me It was shaped like a...

have been fortunate enough to travel back and forth across our great nation and a few places around the world. When I meet new people who...

I am pretty emotional. I am praying. I have tears. Covid stinks. I am not naming names but someone very close to me and her grandson who...

Caffeine: How much is too much? Caffeine has its perks, but it can pose problems too. Find out how much is too much and if you need to...

3 Godfathers1948At Christmastime in the Old West, three outlaws find a woman dying in childbirth, and deliver the baby to civilization in...

I have been many places where Christmas decorations stayed up for months, and other places where they seem to all disappear before the...

Dear God, Give me the courage to begin again – to overlook the difficulties, to overcome the obstacles and to stay open to the moment as...

2008; Years Later You have your holidays I have my Holy Days. Somehow the meanings got scrambled as they often do. The spirit of so many...

Apple Pandowdy Ingredients: 1 cup packed brown sugar 1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour, divided 1/2 teaspoon salt, divided 1 cup water 1...

Chocolate Chip Cookies Ingredients: 1 cup salted butter softened 1 cup white (granulated) sugar 1 cup light brown sugar packed 2 tsp pure...

Not sure why I am in a Dear Abby mood today, except her columns always make me think of simpler times that are updated to reflect today's...

I am so excited to share a few poems from an upcoming colaboration with a great local artist. Here you go: Maisie’s Mom Says Words from...

One afternoon, after visiting the Mitchell Domes with Emily, I sent my “foster family,” Brian and Diane Mitchell a postcard that said,...

Of all the places in and around Milwaukee that I had on my “to-do and see list,” the one that I knew would mean the most to me, and maybe...

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