Tonight was the first concert of the Carthage Choir spring tour - at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church in Waukesha- and I hope that the vast majority of the students realized at least to some extent that they were part of something quite extraordinary . . . on tour with one of the country’s greatest choral
As I mentioned in my Tuesday entry, there are days at the radio station when it feels like I’m jugging three meat cleavers and a porcupine - blindfolded - and today was such a day. It started at 730 when I welcomed Jeff Neubauer into the studio- he’s the husband of Lisa who was recently
On my way home from the Bill Novak funeral, I decided to get the healthiest quick lunch I could - which would be at Boston Market, which has been one of my very favorite places to eat since deciding to lose some weight. I usually get the 8 oz. roasted turkey dinner, plus their garlic
Today was the funeral of Bill Novak, the tenor in my church choir who died of pancreatic cancer this past weekend. It was a neat service distinguished by three beautiful eulogies- one by a stepson of Bill’s, one from one of Bill’s fellow realtors, and finally Kathy’s dad talking about Bill’s involvement with the barbershop
Sometimes life at WGTD is a little bit sleepy when all I have to do is hit play on my morning show tape, play a couple of CDs, read the weather a couple of times, and check my email. Piece of cake. Then there are days like today when I feel like I’m juggling three
One of the most incredible sights I saw last year was the funeral of a Kenosha County deputy, Frank Fabiano, who was killed in the line of duty. WGTD broadcast his funeral from Carthage’s Siebert Chapel and I was honored to serve as anchor for that broadcast - and I am still staggered as I
This afternoon was the second presentation of “How Sweet the Sound: A Celebration of Music in Story and Song” - a program which my dad and I first did back in June at Holy Communion, in collaboration with Caritas and with this ever- evolving group of Chamber Singer alums that I now call Musici Amici
I spent a little over five hours this afternoon at the Racine Theater Guild with director Doug Instenes and choreographer Kate Zavada listening to callback auditions for “Guys and Dolls.” Two and a half weeks ago, the sign up sheet for auditions was quite sparse and it looked doubtful that we could do the show
This is Bobbi, our two-year-old Golden Retriever. She reached that milestone on Wednesday, but it’s only now dawning on me that if we were talking about a human daughter, we would have just entered the Terrible Two’s. And considering how lively and challenging the first two years have been, the thought of Bobbi going through
Well, as much as I already loved Brett Favre, I love him even more after today’s press conference. He was the epitome of graciousness today, as I knew he would be, and he did a remarkable job of trying to put into words the overwhelming emotions which he was feeling as this extraordinary era drew
