One woman's quest to salvage the world's castoffs, lock, stock and bauble
After a week of vacation -- during which time I read/saw/heard very little news -- I sat down at my computer this morning to catch up on what's been happening in the world. Â As I was reading a story about Saturday's elections on vice.com, I noticed the writer was referring to Donald Trump as …
After years of procrastination and false starts, I finally (and very tremulously) pushed the "publish" button on Blogger for the first time on Jan. 1. Six months and 38 posts later, blogging is still an unfolding mystery to me, but I have learned a lot. Mainly I've learned what not to do. In the interest …
I went down to my recently organized basement after dinner to put a load of laundry into the washing machine and noticed something was missing from its usual spot.A Leinenkugel's Summer Sampler pack (three bottles each of Summer Shandy, Honey Weiss, Classic Amber and Sunset Wheat, in case you're wondering) was not on the husband's …
How many Cestkowskis does it take to load a cat into a pet carrier? I don't know, but the answer is definitely more than two. My son and I spent 20 minutes this morning trying to coax, finagle and ultimately force Calvin into our carrier before admitting defeat. Obviously Calvin was more committed to staying …
Dear Readers, If you ended up here after typing "Wisconsin Magpie" into a search engine in hopes of finding information about an elusive ornithological species -- and now you're wondering why you're up to your binoculars in stories about a woman buying other people's detritus and building toy robots in her basement -- I apologize. …