by Margaret Philbrick | Aug 14, 2026 | Art, Margaret's Musings
In early March Jerod Santek, head of Write On Door County asked me, would I want to write a poem to go with a piece of music for the Midsummer Music Festival. Of course! A merger of music and poetry in the height of summer, in the midst of a live musical performance....
by Margaret Philbrick | Apr 7, 2025 | Art, Community, Margaret's Musings
The first time I landed a single salchow without falling I felt like I was ready for the victory podium. My little life of ice skating had ascended into the air. I was no longer mortal, bound by gravity. Last week that feeling came back to me while watching the World...
by Margaret Philbrick | Mar 28, 2025 | Art, Culture, Margaret's Musings
YAY! Isn’t celebrating the piano on Saturday, March 29th better than celebrating National Pita Day? Both of these are new “named days,” but Piano Day is world-wide and the esteemed Pita Day is only national so we are going to focus on Worldwide Piano...
by Margaret Philbrick | Jan 9, 2025 | Art, Community, Faith, Margaret's Musings
The Geneva Grotto: A story of revival How a dedicated team of volunteers turned back time for a cherished local landmark in my childhood backyard. Margaret Philbrick December 20, 2024 • Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes Welcome to Tri-Cities Central, a twice-weekly...
by Margaret Philbrick | Nov 28, 2023 | Art
In my morning email I received an invite from the Little Traveler shoppe in Geneva, IL to come on out for this weekend’s Christmas Walk. This is one of my favorite holiday events because it takes place in the town where I grew up, you can buy chestnuts roasting on an...
by Margaret Philbrick | Nov 11, 2022 | Art
Like Emma Toft before her, my Grandma Lehwald was one of Door County, Wisconsin’s early women entrepreneurs. In the 1960’s she told her husband she wanted to open a “hot dog stand” as a small hobby. We all know how “small hobbies” go. Today, almost...
