Opinion

August 17, 1922. Wisconsin Ex-Governor Emanuel Philipps (standing in center, black suit) returns to his hometown to dedicate the new Sauk City “free” bridge. The old steel toll bridge is seen to the left.

--Jack Berndt, Sauk Prairie Area Historical Society.

Mazomanie With Two Thomas Wilsons

By Frank Wolf

Editor,

Have you ever thought of running for office, but don’t know how to start?  Do you wish you knew more about the issues you are voting on or that there were more candidates to choose from?

Bringing Houseplants Indoors for the Winter

“Bugs lurk in corners and congregate at boundaries.”

--Bpris Beizer

Overwintering and Storing Tropicals, Tender Bulbs & Tubers

“There is a time in late September when the leaves are still green, and the days are still warm, but somehow you know that it is all about to end, as if summer was holding its breath, and when it let it out again, it would be autumn.”

Once upon a time, there was a horse so wild people were scared to ride him. He was a barrel-chested bay quarter horse, and in his early years people brought him elk hunting out west. When they threw the dead animal on his back to haul it back to camp, he took off and disappeared into that vast wilderness for a time.

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September’s Gardening To-do List

The earth is so rich in September. Apples and quinces fall from heavy branches. Cabbage, squash, broccoli, peppers, tomatoes ripen in every garden. White and blue grapes hang heavy clusters on the vines.

--Gladys Taber, “Fall,” Stillmeadow Sampler, 1959

Graceful prose in tale of sacrifice and love

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