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10 Years in Review

by Sara Lomasz Flesch 2012 Voices Articles, columns, essays and features by Cecilia Farran, Sara Lomasz Flesch, Dawn Ingham, Linda Mueller-Bouche, Pat McCorkle, Pam Norman, Abbey Smith, Kathy Steffen, Donna Stehling and…

Welcome to August

Reflecting on this month’s packed calendar of events and on 10 years of content celebrating life in our nook of the Driftless Area, we can honestly exclaim what a marvelous journey it…

Words

By Michael Brandt They are all that is unique about us.They give form to our musings,are the very voice of imagination.They attend us in all our waking hoursand even as we sleep.There…

Yellow-Tinged Trumpet Lily

A yellow-tinged trumpet lily blooms in the Spring Green backyard of Rick and Joni Graves. They stand about 7 feet tall, in a rampant garden of wild flowers. The bulbs for these,…

Tracking Your Past

When I was 12, I quizzed my paternal grandmother on her experiences emigrating from Denmark. She explained how she, my grandfather and their four young sons took a boat to England in…

Outdoor Learning for Tower Rock’s First Graders

By Angus Mossman Behind me, illuminated in a glimmer of sunlight sifting through the hemlock canopy, five first graders have encircled a glorious white pine. Arms outstretched, faces pressed to the bark,…

Driftless Dark Skies

It has been a great joy sharing stargazing with you these last eight years in Voice. I started this gig in 2014 as I was ending work as a high school English…