Katie Krueger's Snippets of Gratitude

A game of frisbee in Yahara Place Park with my sister yesterday got muscles moving that have been atrophying for months.   We caught spring fever so bad that we even had a 50-yard dash sprinting contest.  The open water on Lake Monona attracted enough water fowl that when I was walking home at dusk, blocks [...]

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Up early and restless, I decided to venture out for a walk on the frozen Lake Monona.  Each step I took cracked the ice-crusted snow cover and made a satisfying crunching sound.  They echoed off the banks of the lake, making me feel 100 times more powerful than I am.  Which was good, considering I [...]

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It’s kinda difficult not to get slightly elated about the first real snow of the season.  Sure, this means you have to scrape your car before leaving for work (unless your a hermit, home-worker like me) and it is no longer wise to go without boots.  Still, its just so beautiful – the way that [...]

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I’ve been so busy lately that my head spins when I lay down at night, trying to sleep.  This is not a bad thing, per se, but just a new thing.  It’s feast or famine for me and my business productivity – something to work on for the future.  I am grateful for the feasts [...]

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I spent the day driving around northern Wisconsin, visiting school districts for whom I’ll be writing grants this year.   On a drive from Superior to Mellen, I saw three bald eagles.  These enormous creatures  just perch in the tree branches next to the highway, casually watching me drive by, oblivious to the involuntary patriotic fervor [...]

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I walked outside today, on my way to a lunch with friends, and was stopped in my tracks.  Mostly from shock and denial.  Snow.   When I got out of lunch, it had gathered in small wet piles on the edges of my windshield wipers.  I cannot say I am grateful it snowed (not until there’s [...]

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