Plan for Paradise

Plan for Paradise

There’s a body at the bottom of the lake. Probably many. The way you react depends on your definition of the word natural. Probably also on your moral compass, but I can’t just start with bodies. Life is about having stories. Once upon a time, a reporter stopped by...
No Ordinary Chorus

No Ordinary Chorus

No ordinary chorus, The Master Singers are a nationally renowned amateur choral ensemble dedicated to bringing the finest choral music to the Chippewa Valley and beyond. By day the ensemble members are nurses, lawyers, teachers, librarians, and software engineers;...
Cultivating Resilience

Cultivating Resilience

We’re living in a time when a lot is churning, and some old assumptions about the way life is supposed to be are turning out to be less than reliable. Some traditional elements of the American Dream—the one-job career with a pension, the thirty-year mortgage that...
All the Blues in the Night

All the Blues in the Night

My girlfriend Elena doesn’t sleep at night anymore. It’s been twenty-three days. I wake up to find her unraveling herself at the foot of the bed each morning. Her scarf, the wool jacket with its missing buttons, the layers that distinguish her from the other city...