Editor’s note: Fort Atkinson Online and WhitewaterWise, with help from a poem, titled: “Labor Day,” by Ron “RadioRon” Stelse, wish our readers a happy Labor Day. Labor Day The auto repair man and the firemen across the street the watchful eyes of the police when they're on their daily and...
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A Mother’s Day poem by Ron “RadioRon” Stelse My Mother I didn’t have a choice In selecting a mother But if I did have a choice I would choose no other. If I stole some cookies She’d wink and smile And I’d say to myself “I think I’ll keep...
Readings with Radio Ron: ‘Smoke House’
Our spring weather has been a bit blustery. Ron "RadioRon” Stelse was traveling between Fort Atkinson and Edgerton on Saturday, April 23, when he found inspiration in a weather-worn tobacco shed. “The wind almost blew the camera out of my hand,” he wrote when he shared the photo of the...
Readings with RadioRon: ‘Why Do I Love You?’
Monday is Valentine's Day. It's that time of year when the United States, and other places around the world, stops to celebrate love. In celebration of Valentine's Day, RadioRon Stelse has provided a reading of: "Why Do I Love You?" a poem published in anthologies during the 1920s and written...
Readings with RadioRon: ‘Virginia’s letter to Santa Claus’
It's Christmas Eve, and for his last holiday reading, RadioRon Stelse has selected a holiday classic: "Virginia's letter to Santa Claus," Virginia’s Letter, written in 1897 to the editor of the New York Sun, was to the point. It read: “Dear Editor: I am 8 years old. Some of my little...