LaGRANGE TOWNSHIP -- Traditions are what help define any special time in a family, and Thanksgiving is a perfect example. As such, I suggest you think carefully before making any changes to those time-honored ways of doing things.

Make a goose instead of a turkey? Heavens no. Eliminate the marshmallows from the sweet potatoes? I bet some of your guests will object (most likely the youngest ones). What about adding raisins to the usually plain dressing? Yikes! I wouldn’t want to see that dinner table conversation.

My point is, people like the customary things to stay the same. For Thanksgiving, we all tend to want what we have become accustomed to and most often that is whatever our own family has created as a tradition throughout the years.

If you really want to change something, I suggest offering two choices — the traditional dressing, same as it ever was, and then a second batch with the fancy figs, raisins and walnuts.

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Love him? Hate him?

Gov. Scott Walker typically attracts both groups when he travels around the state these days, and the official kickoff of the recall season began in earnest last Tuesday when the state Democratic Party and various other groups and labor unions were to file their recall papers.

But the unofficial recall season began earlier when Republicans pulled an end run around Democrats Nov. 4. David Brandt of Muskego, a Walker campaign contributor, filed the first recall papers with the Government Accountability Board.

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     Dan Plutchak, the associate editor of Walworth County today, came across the web site  dearphotograph and sent me the link.  Dear photo is taking an old photo and going to the same spot and shooting it now.  Its a great site and I encourage you to check it out.

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A day after a blistering speech before the Heritage Foundation Oct. 27 where he accused President Obama of fomenting class division and envy, Congressman Paul Ryan returned home to Janesville with a more conciliatory message.

As a national figure, Ryan has taken up the mantle of point man in his party’s counteroffensive against the president.

Ryan continued to push his point on Fox’s “On the Record” with Greta Van Susteren the evening following his Heritage Foundation speech, where he accused Obama of polarizing rhetoric that puts class against class and pits people against one another.

“I would simply say, sowing social unrest and class resentment does not make America stronger, it makes America weaker,” he said.

But the next morning, when he arrived at his Janesville listening session, he was distinctly more focused on the issues on the minds of residents of his congressional district.

Many in the audience seemed less interested in the politics of a presidential election more than a year away than they were about jobs, taxes, health care and government regulation.

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    This photo was taken at the Great Midwest Pro Rodeo held at the fair grounds in Elkhorn.  As I checked in for the rodeo, I was told I could shoot almost anywhere but that they would prefer me to shoot from the stage looking down.  

    I did goto the stage and found a spot, but with 5 or 6 other photographers standing next to me with the same lenses we were all going to get the same photo.  So I wanted something different then everyone else, so I got off the stage and walked around by the arena.      Wondering around behind the arena was great and got photos that I would not have gotten from the stage.  It also gave me a chance to talk to the athletes and get to know them a little better.  It also made  them more comfortable with me being down their and photographing them.  

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