by svsauthor | Jan 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
I can’t remember who the author was, but I once read a book jacket bio that read, “And he has no dogs or cats.” I checked out the book from the library for that reason alone, and now wish I’d gone to a bookstore to buy it. That kind of sarcasm...
by svsauthor | Dec 31, 2023 | Uncategorized
Creating a new button on my website should take about five minutes. It would be a five minute task, except for the fact that I always forget how to do it. Each year between Christmas and New Years I need to add a new button to archive the upcoming year’s blog...
by svsauthor | Dec 24, 2023 | Uncategorized
Two weeks ago I wrote that La Crosse had received snow that would last until March. I called that one wrong. The snow is gone, and today is nearly fifty degrees Fahrenheit. The La Crosse River Marsh refuses to settle into winter. One day the ice looks thick enough to...
by svsauthor | Dec 17, 2023 | Uncategorized
Once a week I visit my neighbor Charlie. Several years ago he fell on some steps and compressed his spinal cord. The accident left his legs weak and immobile. Until this past October I visited him in his home. Now he’s in a long-term care facility. Charlie and I have...
by svsauthor | Dec 9, 2023 | Uncategorized
My big frustration this week has been my outdoor Christmas lights. I am into my third day of what should have been a 30-minute project. I decided to string only one set of lights this year, and I assumed that at least one of the three strings stored in my basement...
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