The Same, But Different

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...

A Pillsbury Fiasco

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...

The Same, But Different

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...

A Significantly Shortened Season

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...

I Used to Work at Harvard

When I was 25 years old, I worked in the reading room of the Harvard Law School Library. I worked the evening shift at the circulation desk and spent an hour every night reshelving the dozens of case reporters* that law students used and then did not put back...
Steven Simpson