I Must Have Lost My Mind

I Must Have Lost My Mind

When young, I elevated my mother’s sister Alice to a status higher on the pedestal than a mere aunt. She was a superwoman who managed each day as proficiently as the sun manages darkness. When Alice was there, nothing could go wrong. When she said, “March,” I...
The Brennan Road Roller Coaster

The Brennan Road Roller Coaster

I took my first roller coaster ride on the hills of Iowa County, Wisconsin. My cousin Jack Powell was generous enough that when I visited, he’d take me along when he delivered milk to the Dodgeville cheese factory. After the milk was dumped and the cans refilled with...
Herding Woolies

Herding Woolies

My cousin Wayne Paull lived his youth on southeastern Colorado’s prairies. As people would say back in those days, his family was “poor as church mice.” His father, my Uncle Earl, was debilitated from a long bout of TB followed by a serious injury, both impeding him...
Chasing Hasenpfeffer

Chasing Hasenpfeffer

My father-in-law, Wesley Weinkauf, loved the outdoors. He golfed at his Butte des Morts Country Club course and fished the Fox Valley’s rivers and lakes in fall and summer, and then in winter, he’d take Mike out to hunt rabbits. You should know that Wes had many...