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22 Things About Wisconsin
Three hundred and sixty five days ago we rolled across the Wisconsin state line a mere 19 days after giving our employers notice and making the decision official. I’m still amazed at all we accomplished in such a short time, including selling our house and packing up all our belongings. No way we could have…
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Waxing rhapsodic.
As we rapidly close in on our one-year Wisconsin anniversary, it’s amazing how much we have embraced this little town we call home. It wasn’t supposed to be this way. In my blog post dated Aug. 17, 2022, I cheered on the fact that we had found an apartment in Wisconsin on short notice, even…
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Dress like a cubicle & other career tips.
I have never been more excited to go into the office than I was this week. By “the office,” I mean the brick-and-mortar TobacCo HQ (though it’s really more lap-siding-and-nails), and not my groovy basement space. This sudden longing for the urban sprawl of Janesville might seem out of character. And before you ask, no,…
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Death ridges, dangling salt, and zinnias for miles.
Man, we could not have asked for better weather last week. While friends and family in the PNW were suffering through a heatwave, we had highs in the 70s and a copious amount of rain. I actually wore a hoodie a couple of mornings, but even though Dunkin’ is already selling pumpkin spice lattes, summer…
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Deep roots like the banyan.
In the days following the devastating Lahaina wildfire, my mom texted me this pic. That’s me and my brother, riding a cannon in Lahaina, sometime in the late ’70s. There are four cannons total, located on Wharf Street across from the Old Lahaina Courthouse. They’re a block from historic Front Street and within a stone’s…
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Corn pops and sweats.
When we decided we wanted to move to Wisconsin last year, but long before we had the means to do so, I booked a camping reservation at Devil’s Lake State Park for the end of May, 2023–10 months in the future. Classic case of manifesting. Act like you’re already living there and the Universe can’t…
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