Tales & Tips

On Monday, word of my father’s arrest spread through East High like the Spanish flu pandemic, quick glances and nods directed my way...

Our varsity squad got through the six meets in September undefeated as a team, Steve and I finishing 1-2 in every race, the back page...

The second week of August the Skogstad’s left for their summer camping vacation in northern Wisconsin, the seven of them somehow fitting...

I became drawn to Liz like a honeybee to a flower, her gentle spirit and mothering qualities reminding me of the nurse who put the cast...

Alice got a birthday card from Ashley two days later. She read it to us at the kitchen table. “Dear Alice, Happy Birthday to my favorite...

The last track meet of the season for freshmen was Friday afternoon on May 5th – the Frosh/Soph Mississippi Valley Championships at...