Monthly Archives: June 2009

A Perfect Day

A perfect day: Getting out of a meeting 2 hours earlier than planned Picking up my sweet new Schwinn Collegiate (an August 1969 model) from the bike shop and going for the first ride.  Telling anyone who will listen the … Continue reading

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Mali La 2009

Mali La is  a three-day party, thrown at a group campsite in Decorah, Iowa, to kick off the summer.  The host is one of those guys that everyone loves and the guests are his friends from various stages in life.  … Continue reading

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Grateful that Michael Perry is in Madison

What a sweet thing to have Michael Perry, one Wisconsin’s best writers in town this week.  Last time I went to one of his readings, it was at the Orpheum and he was on a panel with another Wisconsin-born writer, … Continue reading

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The World’s Smallest Friend

On morning this week my sister knocked on my door and woke me up.  I stumbled to the door, wrapped in my comforter, then to the bathroom to put in my contacts.  “I brought the World’s Smallest Friend,” she said … Continue reading

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Gratitude for my friends and family during my humble beginnings

Its official – Gratice Press is going for a second printing of my book Give with Gratitude!   If you believe (as I do) that the first edition will become a rarity that some day shocks audiences of our grandchildren on … Continue reading

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The First Harvest

The muddy garden caked my flip-flops with a layer of mud as thick as their soles.  Each step made a sucking, slurping sound as I rounded the patch.   Bits of red peeked out at me, calling me to part the … Continue reading

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