Category Archives: Wisconsin roots

Floating hotel – ferry from Stockholm to Helsinki

Posted on August 7, 2019 by Diane Scheurell

August 2019. So what’s the best way to get from Stockholm to Helsinki? Cruise there! Yes, the Viking Cruise Line has an overnight ferry that connects the two cities. So we get our transportation and our hotel all in one … Continue reading →

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Living a lifetime in one place: Morgarraz, Spain

Posted on July 23, 2019 by Diane Scheurell

When traveling through Europe, I marvel at the span of history I can see after studying these civilizations and cultures from my reading chair at home. Sometimes in one location there is documented evidence of pre-historic peoples, the Romans, and … Continue reading →

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The magic of touching whales: Baja Gray Whale Eco-tour and Wellness Retreat

Posted on April 2, 2019 by Diane Scheurell

My friend Jeanne Teleia is in love with whales, so much so that she researched and recently offered a Baja Gray Whale Wellness and Inspiration Retreat in San Ignacio Lagoon on the Pacific side of Baja Mexico. I like whale … Continue reading →

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I found a new tribe – Packer Bar in Kona, Quinn’s Almost by the Sea.

Posted on September 18, 2018 by Diane Scheurell

Did you ever walk into a crowd of strangers, and just know that you had a deep connection with them? It happened to me last week at Quinn’s Almost by the Sea. I discovered it in 2013, and love the … Continue reading →

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Making new family traditions in Boulder Junction, WI

Posted on July 22, 2018 by Diane Scheurell

This year is the 64th year my extended family has been going to the same lake for vacation. (See Family Traditions – 63 years at the lake near Boulder Junction WI.) We’ve been enjoying the same family activities every year through … Continue reading →

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Family Traditions – 63 years at the lake near Boulder Junction WI

Posted on July 30, 2017 by Diane Scheurell

This year is the 63rd family reunion we’ve had at Fishtrap Lake. Not much changes over time up here. We still sit on the dock with our morning coffee, ride around the lake on my brother-in-law’s pontoon, and play Scrabble … Continue reading →

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We eat some strange stuff

Posted on July 23, 2016 by Diane Scheurell

I’m on my annual trip to Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, for our family reunion. In the old days, 62 years ago, when it was my grandparents, parents, aunts, uncles and cousins, we didn’t call it a reunion because we all just … Continue reading →

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My father’s ghost is here

Posted on July 21, 2016 by Diane Scheurell

This week, we are at the annual family reunion near Boulder Junction, Wisconsin, a tradition that started 62 years ago. We still love every moment. But what we wouldn’t do to have Dad, the Master of Ceremonies, here with us … Continue reading →

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Glimpses of New York – Seeing Grandma at Ellis Island

Posted on March 16, 2016 by Diane Scheurell

The Statue of Liberty ferry trip included a stop at Ellis Island. I was excited to see it because my grandmother, my mother’s mother, came through that processing center in 1920. She was born Anna Müller in 1899 in the … Continue reading →

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Sometimes I get homesick

Posted on February 4, 2016 by Diane Scheurell

Sometimes I get homesick. Not particularly now, when Wisconsin is in the depths of winter. Dealing with the cold and snow is too recent a memory. We lived on a corner lot in Racine with a lot of “snow acreage.” … Continue reading →

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