It’s been a full month, but I’m still sighing with warm reminiscings of our Octoberfest Brewery Tour. The culmination of this glorious trip was Fermentation Fest in Reedsburg, Wis. We couldn’t have had a more flavorful or beautiful encore to our week than this. In case you’ve missed my incessant promotions—deservedly so—Fermentation Fest is an annual, 10-day blending of agriculture, arts, […]
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Happenstances of Travel: Church, Concrete, Color and Green Bay Packers
Yes, this is a brewery tour and yes, sampling beer is fun, but even more memorable are the people and things we see along the way. Like attending our friends’ St. Peter’s Lutheran Church in the middle of Wisconsin’s nowhere. Or happening upon this Wisconsin Concrete Park further north. Are these happy blessings, or what? “Nobody knows why I made them, not even […]
Hot Time in Milwaukee (translate: fun)
So it seems my goddaughter and I are starting a trend. Now that she lives closer, we’ve been getting together to celebrate her birthday. We’ve done it two years in a row and each time the weather has been blazingly hot (in fact last year, our day out was the start of a record heat […]
Happy Halloween Philly-Style
This week I’ve been a work slacker and a traveling bumpkin. It’s been great! And since we spent our first four days in Philadelphia, I’ve got to share some of the city’s brotherly love. At first glance, Philly seems a bit, dare I say, course. But this is our second visit and I’m starting to see […]
Wrapping Up a Stunning Autumn
This year we were blessed with the most stunning autumn. Warm weather, brilliant colors—October was just the best! And while I was swamped with work and sometimes bemoaned the month passing me by, I was thankful to get out several times to relish God’s beautiful creation. I can always count on my son to find […]