I am not a bar person, at all. If there’s good food to be eaten, I’m there- so a place like the Yard Arm is fine. But a place which exists pretty much just for the booze is just not my kind of place. They’re too loud, too dark, too smoky, too rowdy. And if
The above photograph might not seem at first glance to be of anything horrifying - but it was in fact a horrifying scene for me. Those are my car keys on my car seat, and I’m on the outside of the car looking in. . . locked out. At least it was 12:30 on a
If you read USA Today, you might have noticed their recent list of best places to celebrate the Fourth of July, and Racine was way up on the list- maybe second or third, thanks chiefly to its enormous parade. We enjoyed the first half of it from the methodist church where Kathy’s family are members-
The Barrows and Bergs spent today with our good friends Dan Coyle and Kris Capel and daughters Anneka and Amelia, who are in town for one of their all-too-frequent visits from the far-off Twin Cities. Kris was the assistant pastor at Holy Communion for several years but they ended up moving because of Dan’s work,
Yesterday was the funeral of Daniel Conner, age 26 - Events don’t get much sadder than that. Tonight was the 25th anniversary celebration of our dear friends Lynn and Walter. I can’t think of the week where we have been so forcefully reminded of that life contains both sorrows and joys. . . and if
I am back from Nashville and the NATS national convention, but that is the last thing I feel like writing about today. Maybe tomorrow. Today, I have to write about the stunning loss suffered by our good friends, Bob and Val Conner, this past weekend. Late Friday night, Bob and Val’s oldest son, Daniel, was
