I’m happy to say that my memoir is now available in both Kindle and print editions.
Category: Wisconsin
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 24, All’s Well That Ends
1977. It’s mostly a blur. Sometimes when I try to recall the events of that year, it seems as if it were … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 23, A Tale of Mad City
My first semester at the University of Wisconsin, Madison, definitely had its best of times and worst of times split … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 15, Get Your Motor Running
When I would hear my friends talk about what their children were going through to get their driver licenses, I … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 6, Like Riding a Bike
One October when I was living in Madison, I agreed to housesit for some friends who were headed out of … More
NaNoWriMo: More About That Later, Chapter 2, My Teeth
Two things I do know for sure about my first year on this planet. One, I was an aggressive breast feeder. This … More
On Wisconsin
I hear, see, grow the silence of the fields, the farmershaving retreated into their farmhouses as graves,the long acres of … More
The Norway Dance
Last night I dreamed I danced on my Norwegian side.I’m ashamed to say, I’ve no idea what authentic Norwegian dance … More
X. Crossing Sevens
So they don’t look like ones, you taught me, thatwill bring us back to all the music in Madison held … More
IX. A Madison Mis-Memory
i.My poor dance of memory means I can’t quite reconfigure you,a fool’s waltz round to think today, remembering how we … More
VIII. After the Fall
i.You grow a green world, have a green thumb, I see,and I gladly enter into your loamy scented Eden,hung with … More
VII. Shooting Craps
I can still picture the pair of fuzzy dice swingingfrom my little orange Karmann Ghia’s rearview mirror.I never knew whether to … More