Monthly Archives: June 2018

One of the best pieces of legislation ever enacted was the Morrill Act of 1862 that created the land grant colleges. As with most successful developments, this was both a continuation and a break with tradition. Universities had been elite … Continue reading →

I would have preferred a sunny day, but the rain was where I wanted to go when I wanted to be there, so I shared my walk with the raindrops.  It did not rain the whole time, anyway, and it … Continue reading →

Kashube Park with Christine Matel Milewski, Mary Karshna Robertson & Dicky Karshna Milwaukee River going into Lake Michigan Bay View Beach Drinking beer at Humboldt Park Beer Garden Leon’s Frozen Custard 27th Street   South Shore beer garden Milwaukee from … Continue reading →

You didn’t need a weather vane or even to hold your finger to the wind to know which way the wind was blowing when we lived near Lake Michigan in Milwaukee. An east wind blowing in from the Lake brought … Continue reading →

Wisconsin was demographically more like Mitteleuropa than middle America in the late 19th Century.  The majority of the population was immigrants or their children.  The biggest ethnic group was German, but there were lots of Norwegian, Swedes, Poles, Fins and … Continue reading →

I wish I did not go, but I am glad I went.  I took much less joy in my trip to Mauthe Lake because of all the dead ash trees all along the road on the way up and then … Continue reading →