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View Article  A blurry eternity
Our third day in the hospital, Ulysses's third day of life outside the womb. It seemed like we had been all three together there for a blurry eternity. Days, nights, passed through us punctuated by diaper changes, vitals checks, meal tray times, phone calls from friends and relatives from the distant World Outside.
View Article  Baby longlegs
Here is Ulysses, just a day old. (Note the umbilical cord clamp.) It will take weeks for his legs to straighten out. He was jacknifed inside me with his bottom wedged in my pelvic cavity and his feet sticking up beside his head. The pediatrician said his hips were fine; sometimes they can be misaligned by the pressure of that position. My chiropractor, Amy Anderson, checked him out later and said he was all nice and straight inside!
View Article  Homegrown Food for Thought
Through site selection and product placement, Dane County businesses support responsible growth and local agriculture.
By Vesna Vuynovich Kovach
In Corporate Report Wisconsin, May 2001

On the Capitol Square in downtown Madison, dollar bills and jars of jam flash across a vendor table in brisk trade. The woman busy behind the table grew the fruit for the jam on her own land, according to the strict requirements of what well may be America’s largest open-air farmers’ market, where an approximate quarter-million ...   more »
View Article  Aztalan: Where time hangs still
By Vesna Vuynovich Kovach
In Wisconsin Trails, March-April 2001

At the dawn of the last millennium, Wisconsin’s first agricultural community was born. It happened on a special spot, a place where the woods opened onto a narrow oak savanna that ran along the west bank of a plentiful river. A shoulder of high ground protected this fertile expanse from winter’s fierce west winds. Here, a group of Native Americans planted a cornfield, and built ...   more »
View Article  Three Madison Chefs
Around the world in Madison: Lao Laan-Xang, Sole e Sapori, and Nadia's
By Vesna Vuynovich Kovach
In Isthmus Annual Dining Guide, 2000

For a mid-sized city in the heart of the Midwest, Madison is lucky when it comes to dining out--and it’s not just because we have so many diverse restaurants serving dishes from all around the globe. It’s the exuberance and creativity of the people who run them. In bringing us their foods, they ...   more »