FRIDAY, NOV. 7

SURING: Recovery Talking Circle, 6-8 p.m. South Branch Community Center, W1281 County Road M.

SATURDAY, NOV. 8

NAVARINO: Art Fest, 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Navarino Nature Center, W5646 Lindsten Road. Local arts and craft vendors, food, drink, bake sale, book sale. Admission $1.

CAROLINE: Craft and Vendor Fair, 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Hidden Valley Supper Club, W12704 County Road M.

The best time of the year for bow and crossbow hunters is upon us, but if you drive through deer country or run an insurance agency during the rut, you may not be smiling.

The rut is simply the whitetail deer’s mating season. While there are actually a couple times when bucks chase does in heat, the primary rut in our area starts around Nov. 1 and continues for a week or two. There is a secondary rut in December.

Now that it’s November, it feels like fall is finally here. The days and nights are colder, the leaves on the trees are thinning out, the garden produce is almost done, and Thanksgiving is right around the corner.

“Quilting is about making someone happy, and making the quilt maker happy,” said Judy Schroeder, of Pulaski. “It’s all about making someone smile.”

A child having a rare disease or genetic disorder can be every parent’s worst nightmare.

What was once sound becomes uncertain, and light in life ahead darkens into mystery. Some do not handle it well, but Cassandra Fuller has through her therapeutic business near Birnamwood.

Tearing a bill open as I walked back from the mailbox, I mentally went through the stuff I bought, reasoning with relief that I didn’t use that card overly much. Imagine my shock when I saw a $3,000-plus amount due. I was speechless.

Taking it back to my office where I could gather my senses, I spread everything out on my desk. Astonishingly, I saw a charge of $3,016.95 for a ski resort vacation in Colorado.