The Cult of Polka



 

My husband, Mike, and I have been dancing for forty-two years, but until recently had never met anyone in the CULT OF POLKA.

Stuck in the 60s: The Fugitive and Me

David Janssen as the fugitive, or "fyooge," as we called him

 I have become a fan of black and white TV shows from my youth, thanks to "Me-TV". This old-time network first took me to "Twilight Zone," then to "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," and finally to "The Fugitive," my love from high school years.

Hosting a Successful Book Launch Party

 

at my book launch at Ally's Bistro, May 1, 2014
(photo by Nicole Fischer, https://www.facebook.com/NicoleFischerPhotography)

This is for my writing friends. So many of us are publishing books these days that there's a lot of curiosity about hosting a "book launch" - a term representing your very first public party celebrating the publishing of your new book.

Since 2011, I've published three books and hosted three book launch signings. The one that I hosted on May 1 was by far the most successful. It took me three tries to get it right. Here's what I learned the hard way:

Farewell to Wick Place – A Story of Family and Healing

6710 W. Wick Place, Milwaukee

A house holds the soul of the family who lives there…or so it feels to some of us. And thus it has seemed at 6710 W. Wick place, a white and blue Cape Cod house on a tiny city lot near 67^th and Lincoln Streets in Milwaukee. This is the place called “home” to my husband’s family since 1953.