Midlife Musings, Midriff Expansion (weight gain), Chronicles of Midlife Coming of Age and a few other things
It feels different this year, even though it is not all that different than other years. Katie graduated from UW Madison on May 16th. Shannon graduated from North Central College on June 13th. We had an open house gathering of family and friends Jun14th and later that evening, Shannon, with her little red Honda [...]
The Midriff Muse heads south in her musemobile once again to her sister Peggy’s house, in order to hang together for some of the Inaugural activities. We are hoping this will also include some time with niece, Jackie and grand nieces Makenna and Lila and perhaps another sister or two.
We are also packing a ball [...]
This is the second of what was supposed to be a two part piece about my experience as a first time participant in the festival detailed below, but due to the richness of the experience and my own wordiness, it will in fact be the second of a three part piece, the last piece being [...]
This is the first of two separate posts detailing my experience as a first time participant in the Edgerton Sterling North Book and Film Festival. The reader will note that the writing is nearly one month old and the reasons for it not having been posted earlier are a story that I doubt would ever [...]
The Midriff Muse traveled in her musemobile (96 Dodge Caravan) to Wausau, Wisconsin this past Saturday to attend the Wisconsin Regional Writers Association Fall Conference. Having become a member of the organization and attended the Spring Conference this past May, we were looking forward to a renewal of the fellowship and inspiration we had [...]