Rural Wisconsin
Hometown
Gleason, Wisconsin In April (16-25, 2025), I booked a trip 'home' to Gleason, Wisconsin, as my older sister, Arlene, a resident of Pine Crest, was ill. It is always better...
Spirit Falls – Coming of Age Novel, Michigan Upper Peninsula
Spirit Falls is a coming-of-age novel set deep in Michigan's Upper Peninsula- a story of two children who find each other, and find themselves, in the wilderness. Two children. One...
Redemption
Soldier, Son, Father, Husband Yonder man, while his spirit was diseased, Himself had joy in his own evil plight, Though to us, who were sane, he brought distress. But now, since he has...
Our Town: Gleason; Our Town, Chevigny
with apologies to Thornton Wilder I am a local history buff, intrigued with the ghosts that had walked the forest trails, roads and streets where I have walked. Â In my...
A Park for all Seasons
My hometown, Merrill, Wisconsin, on the Wisconsin River, was French trapper, trader and missionary I-90/94 in the 16th. and 17th century . The region supported transient populations of French and...
Plitvice Lakes, Croatia
Gribovac, Plitvice Lakes, and a novel During the week 18-24 October 2023 Patrice and I visited Croatia’s Plitvice Lakes region to 1). take a one-week vacation and 2) to ‘ground...
Writing in France
My part of Burgundy(Côte-d'Or) is a landscape of ‘manicured’ rolling hills. The French farmers are meticulous, the crop rows straight ( three harvests a season), the hillsides dotted with white...
Winter to Spring, Northern Wisconsin
March 14, 2015 Over the last several days, the temperature has risen from -30F to +60F yesterday (well, +56F). Nice. At below-zero temperatures, tamarack limbs turn brittle and easy to...
