by Lee Gutowski Remember the “polar vortex” of the winter of 2017/2018? Of course, Wisconsinites do, but for Kaytee Luke, who moved to Riverwest that February from California, the weather was especially disconcerting. “I thought, oh no, what have I done? I mean, Mount Shasta would get weather and storms, but nothing like the polar […]
food
Posted inHealth Matters, Telling Our Stories
The Having, the getting over, and the never-ending of COVID
By Ellen Warren (This story was updated for the February edition of the Riverwest Currents by Ms. Warren) My bout of COVID-19 was officially recorded as beginning on Saturday, October 3, 2020. My mom was living her last hours at an Assisted Living home and I could finally visit her in person, just in time […]
Posted inCommentary & Opinion, Editorials
The most important election in our lives.
by George Martin Trump’s first term, in which he lost the popular vote, has been the absolute worst in US history. His administration has the greatest turnover in cabinet members, appointees, and staff. It has been clear from the beginning that this Trump administration has been self-centered and based upon Trump’s personal point-of-view, not one of […]
Posted inCommentary & Opinion, Telling Our Stories
Random Musings While “Safer at Home”
by Eileen Ciezki You are reading this in the month of May and I have had to write this in mid-April, in the midst of “Safer at Home.” This is a time of fear, worry, sadness, grief, hardship. But we just celebrated Passover and Easter— both fitting promises for these hard times we are all […]
Posted inNews
Neighbor Spotlight – Didier Leplae
by Ellen C. Warren Didier Leplae. Say it aloud. Accent the last syllable of each. It rhymes. It even has a certain rhythm. Which, in this case, is perfect, as Didier lives in a very musical world. “I’ve always had an interest in music and I’ve always been into recording music, but at some point, […]