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Emerge: to move out of or away from something and come into view; become apparent, important or prominent Especially in Wisconsin, depending on the year, sometimes Spring comes on in fits and starts. Other years it seems to get skipped… Continue Reading →

It’s just barely starting to get light outside. I’m getting ready for another day of work. It’s hard to gauge my time because daylight savings time started a week ago, so where it had been light when I got up… Continue Reading →

The baby tree,thin and supple,bark as smooth as polished marble,is a blank slate,waiting for life experiencesto etch its memoir in the bark.Bark patterns unique as fingerprints,ever evolving and adapting as the tree adds growth rings,expanding and crackingleaving behind stretch marks.Each… Continue Reading →

It has been one year since President Biden took office and since poet Amanda Gorman won over so many hearts, including mine, when she read her poem, The Hill We Climb, during the inauguration. Her performance left me wanting more…. Continue Reading →

During the winter months, when work schedules don’t adapt to the reduced daylight hours, it is dark both when I leave for work, as well as when I come home. This means my morning and evening walks with my dog,… Continue Reading →

For ten days at the end of 2020, including Christmas Day, my wife was inpatient at UW hospital due to a fungal infection in her lungs. She came home, but her health and the pandemic has continued to keep her… Continue Reading →

“Normal” was yanked out from under my feet in one fell swoop. One day I was working and the next I wasn’t. I hadn’t planned my last day to be my last day. When I left work the night of… Continue Reading →

The birds gathered by species, and when the roll call was complete, they took off to places south, where living conditions are more favorable for the winter. The leaves, that worked so hard all summer to gather the sun’s light… Continue Reading →

Love My dad has always been a workaholic. He loves his work and it gives him a focus to feel in control in a chaotic world. The upside is he is an amazingly successful teacher, administrator and scientist. Many, many… Continue Reading →

I have a friend in Australia that I have not yet met in person, although I hope to some day. I met Renata on Instagram when I was exploring watercolor artists. She creates detailed realistic paintings as well as whole… Continue Reading →