• Chasing something I haven’t even lost.

    I glanced up from my work this morning and was startled to find this gal spying on me through the sliding glass door. Weirdly, I was just telling Tara I wanted to smoke a turkey on the Traeger next. Is this a sign or what?! Wild turkeys are common in my ‘hood; our first summer

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  • Not my hand, not my hail.

    Today got off to a wild start. Now that it’s getting warmer, I’ve been walking outside again in the mornings. This might put a crimp on my reading pace, but the fresh air and colorful sunrises are a lot more stimulating than walking in place on the treadmill like some common hamster. Here was today’s:

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  • All fish go to heaven.

    Now that spring is chugging along – in fits and starts; we had a little snow on Thursday and 62° on Saturday – we’ve started focusing on yard work. Pulling weeds, laying down bark chips, and one Really Big Project: cleaning the pond. But wait! you might be thinking. What did you do with all

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  • Ghost writer in the sky.

    Tuesday was my one-year anniversary at CheeseGov. Even though it’s a cliche, I’m going to say it anyway: I can’t believe it’s been a year already. Time flies! and all the usual platitudes apply. It seems like just yesterday I gathered with a group of strangers in the parking lot, where we swapped dark glasses and

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  • Hot dog! The joke’s on us.

    I know I said I wasn’t going to do an April Fools’ joke this year, but I couldn’t help myself. Our real weather on April 1 was partly cloudy with a high of 41°. But they didn’t know that, I reasoned. Did anyone fall for it? Certainly not my mom, who was first out of

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  • Cheese crushes Cybertruck, film at eleven.

    November may not have gone as I (and millions of other smart and sensible Americans) had desired, but April brings renewed hope. We stood up to the bully and won. Wisconsin cannot be bought. I’m pretty proud of my adopted state. I’ve lived in both deep red and the bluest of blue states, but purple

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