Safe Distance

We should have known  Poised, ready to pounce  Shocked by the audacity  Grieved by the brutality  This living room war  This you tube terror  These people like us All we do is discuss  As we watch at a safe distance.  Every night bloody bodies  Scores, hundreds, thousands  Soldiers, mothers, children … Continue reading

Aunt Berthie

When you get married, you not only marry your wife or your husband, but you are also grafted into each other’s family, and their traditions. One of Patty’s family’s Memorial Day traditions was to visit the various small town cemeteries where loved ones were buried to place flowers on their… Continue reading

O, Kenosha

Kenosha, Wisconsin (pop.100,164, about 150,000 with suburbs)) is our nearest city at about 10 minutes away. We are there several times a week. It was a manufacturing city that has successfully re-invented itself as a distribution center and tourist destination. It’s growing. The downtown is rapidly redeveloping and the Lake… Continue reading