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I am a professional reminder-er and permission granter who moonlights as an artist, author, and speaker. I enjoy Star Wars, soft t-shirts, and brand new tubes of paint. My wife Kim and I homeschool our three weird kids and live in Wisconsin, where we eat way too many cheese curds.
2025 Issue #16 💌 Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where we are celebrating the greatest comeback of all time. And today I'm reflecting on things in my life that felt like failures. I was supposed to be the next Charles Schulz or Bill Watterson. Or so I thought. In my senior year in high school, I planned to go to art school and become a famous illustrator. I did go to art school, but along the way, I also fell in love with God, and very shortly thereafter, the girl I would...
2025 Issue #15 ♟️ Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where we have heard rumors about the start of spring but remain skeptical. Candyland is the worst game ever. It's generous to even call it a game, for there is no strategy involved. I still cringe thinking about the times my kids begged to play it. Of course, although it may feel like a modern-day torture device to torment adults, it was designed for children. It introduces the basics of gameplay: following instructions, taking...
2025 Issue #14 🌱 "Open for Miracles" by Kim Kotecki. Happy Sunday, Reader! Greetings from Sheboygan, where we just returned from a Field Trip with Wonder & Whimisy Society members to the Tristan Crist Magic Show in Lake Geneva. How does he do that? Speaking of amazing things... The grass in our yard is the faded yellow of a brittle old newspaper. Had I not experienced it happen every year for nearly a half-century, I'd think it ludicrous to suggest that it would somehow come back to life. But...