New Orleans It was so quiet that it felt like living in the country. If there had been more stars and fewer houses, I might have thought I was stepping out of my trailer in Wyoming, rather than standing on my porch at 3AM to check on the Tropical Storm Barry. There was hardly a …
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Calm Before the Storm
New Orleans We checked the storm reports on Tropical Storm, wannabe hurricane, Barry, constantly as we prepared to leave Milwaukee. We were confident that we could get to Houston, but the last leg into New Orleans, scheduled to land at 9PM, might be a different matter, if winds were rising before landfall. Everything seemed to …
Women’s Soccer is a Game Changer for All Sports
Milwaukee Name an American men’s soccer player? Who can do that? Name a US women’s soccer player, and Megan Rapinoe, Alex Morgan, and others perhaps immediately come to mind. After all they have won four women’s World Cups since women players had such a tournament, and the other day won their second consecutive cup. Just …