TO CUBA
By Susan Gloss “CHARM IS A PRODUCT OF THE UNEXPECTED.” -JOSE MARTI Winter hit me hard this year. Like so many people in Northern…
SECRET GARDEN
By Kathy Brozyna “IT WAS A BORDER WAR!” Mary Riddle exclaims behind wire-rimmed glasses. Using her fingers to comb her short brown hair back…
IMAGINING A WILDER SELF
By Jenny Fiore IN HER DEBUT NOVEL, MADISON’S OWN Melissa Falcon Field offers a fast paced read about a suburban wife and mother heading…
A ROMANTIC VILLA BY THE STREAM
By Anna Thomas Bates WALKING IRON BED AND BREAKFAST is not your typical small town inn. “This beautiful and meticulously restored Italianate home offers…
COCKTAILS ON THE MOVE
By Anna Thomas Bates MADISON’S COCKTAIL SCENE IS SIZZLING. Restaurants like Merchant, Heritage Tavern, Nostrano, Forequarter and Oliver’s Public House are putting as much…
CONFETTI ANGEL FOOD CAKE
Who didn’t grow up with some version of this cake? Susan Holding, Baraboo-area author of “The Little French Bakery Cookbook,” shares her favorite birthday…
THE CHILDREN ATE MY GRATITUDE
By Ann Imig “MOM? CAN I HAVE ONE?” I looked up from my computer, expecting to see Nine holding the pack of gum I…
MARGARET LEMAY
By Karin Wolf FROM ANCIENT ROME TO MAIN STREET USA, families have lived above their shops and businesses, supporting their local economies while also…
FROST-PROOF FOOD
By Megan Cain Mother’s Day is often the target date for planting vegetable gardens because it’s around the time of the last frost. But…
SOUTHWEST BY FAR EAST
By Marni McEntee THE EMPTY-NESTER OWNERS of this Eagle home wanted to carve out a corner of their lakeside retreat that reflected their…