by svsauthor | Mar 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Last week I mentioned that decent writing skills helped me get through college. The ability to write and the desire to write have other benefits as well. For example, writing is an excellent deterrent to multitasking. When I am composing a paragraph for a blog or book...
by svsauthor | Mar 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
When I was a senior in college, students from one of my courses went out for beers after the final class of the semester. I asked our professor if he wanted to join us. On the walk over to the bar, he said to me, “By the way, you did a great job on last week’s...
by svsauthor | Feb 23, 2024 | Uncategorized
Eau Claire might be more like La Crosse than any other city in Wisconsin. Only ninety miles apart, both places are river towns, both have a state university as a centerpiece, both are politically purple in a state where other communities are either red or blue. Both...
by svsauthor | Feb 22, 2024 | Uncategorized
It has been a quiet week in here in La Crosse. Chinese New Year came and went, but since Manyu and Clare were in Taiwan for the holiday, it passed without me celebrating. I have no current events to write about, so maybe it is a good time to finish a story that I...
by svsauthor | Feb 21, 2024 | Uncategorized
Eau Claire might be more like La Crosse than any other city in Wisconsin. Only ninety miles apart, both places are river towns, both have state universities as a centerpiece, both are politically purple in a state where other communities are either red or blue. Both...
by svsauthor | Feb 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Ice fishing fanatics in central Wisconsin get on the ice from thin first ice to slushy last ice. The timeframe is usually late November until the middle of March. Less ardent and more cautious fishermen and fisherwomen require thick, consistently firm ice and only...
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