Writing with a historical bent
Food Will Win the War (Wisconsin Magazine of History, Spring 2010)
Dashing through the snow: sleigh rides in Wisconsin (Wisconsin Magazine of History, Winter 2008-2009)
Our First Time: State Capitol Tour (5 July 2009, The Onion)
Grab your fanny pack for a tour of Madison's most iconic building
The Old Ball Game (MyMidwest March/April 2009) Winner of the 2009 North American Travel Writers Association Award for Historical Travel!
The national pastime was a lot different 150 years ago. Vintage base ball clubs look back to when the name of the game had two words and a strikeout took more than three pitches.
Wisconsin's First Green Tourists (Wisconsin Trails, April 2008)
Made-to-order farms: Benjamin Faast's vision for northern Wisconsin (Wisconsin Magazine of History, Summer 2007)
Dear Mrs. Hazard (On Wisconsin, Spring 2007)
A
Wisconsin farm woman in the 1930s was expected to be an expert in all
things domestic. It was a demanding and lonely life until a dedicated
UW radio pioneer formed a community — and earned a devoted following —
via the airwaves.
Citizen Scientist (Wisconsin Natural Resources, February 2007)
Wisconsin's
first Renaissance man, Increase A. Lapham merits renown as surveyor,
engineer, mapmaker, historian, self-taught botanist, geologist,
forester, meteorologist and a prescient conservation voice...
Good morning, homemakers! (Wisconsin Magazine of History, Autumn 2006) Winner of the 2007 William B. Hesseltine Award!