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A Wintry Mix
It's 20 degrees outside right now in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin, a sweetheart of a town that I have embraced with an enthusiasm that baffles...
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"But what do I do now?"- Agnes Gooch
I haven't written in awhile because, like so many others, I'm simply numb. My hopes to wake up to the election of our country's first...
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My Big Fat Midwestern Life
It's one of those textbook late summer mornings here in the Milwaukee suburbs. The lawn is dry and embarrassingly brown, and the cicadas...