“Ruby shouted, ‘There she is,’ and pointed toward the engine. All eyes turned upward, and the waiting crowd emitted an audible gasp when they saw a young lady perched atop the coal tender. Gusta wore a fringed buckskin skirt and a red chenille shirt with a white...
Note: This article was written and previously posted before the Mitchell’s closed their hardware store in early 2020. In the O’Shaughnessy Chronicles, Mitchell Hardware is the inspiration for Mason’s Hardware. These award-winning books are available...
In Aubrey’s Attic, two young girls find adventure, and meet new animal friends, in the attic of a 170-year-old, former hotel in Butte des Morts, Wisconsin. In the attic, they rehearse for an upcoming local history production about Sophia Grignon, whose father, fur...
“They began moving day in the rolling hills of Southwest Wisconsin, crossed the Military Ridge, and then slowly descended crests and valleys toward their new home on the Wisconsin River… At dusk a breeze swept down from the bluffs and cleared the fog away, and then he...
Cousin Wayne Paull faced more challenges than most people during his ninety years on this earth, but he never let life’s difficulties beat him down. He “rolled with the punches” and responded with a smile on his face. If you approached him feeling “out of sorts,” it...
I adored my Grandmother Stephens-Fitzsimons. My first memories with her were at The Pike, an amusement park in Long Beach, California. We’d get on the bus and head down to the ocean for a day of fun rides, a picnic on the beach, and for me, enjoyable moments...
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