A Quizzical Look and Two Thumbs Up

Three weeks ago I mentioned in my blog that I exercise at the recreation center on the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse campus. The facilities are for the students, but currently employed and retired staff can pay an annual fee and use the weight room and the running...

Education for Democracy

Every fall semester I meet (via Zoom) with fifteen to twenty graduate students from Western Carolina University. I always enjoy doing it, as the students, all majoring in experiential and outdoor education, remind me of me fifty years (a half century!) ago. Some of...

Leisure is Exhausting

Fishing on the Upper Mississippi River was lousy all summer. Then, right around the autumn solstice, it started to pick up. The month of October has been outstanding. If 2024 is like other years, the fishing will continue to be good for a few more days and then come...

Introducing the Vice President

Last Monday I stepped out of the locker room of the university recreation center and saw four men in black suits staring up at the rafters. I then went to leave the building, and there were four more suited men checking out the exits. My first thought was that I could...

911, 911

After never having called 911 ever in my life, I recently called twice in two days. I thought that the second time was an accident, but I have come to learn that there is no such thing as an accidental 911 call. The first call happened in Madison. After attending a...
Steven Simpson