If you don’t speed, Madison, Wisconsin is an eleven hour drive from Winnipeg’s Confusion Corner. Read this article for free: Already have an account? To continue reading, please subscribe: * If you don’t speed, Madison, Wisconsin is an eleven hour drive from Winnipeg’s Confusion Corner. Read unlimited articles for free today: Already have an account? Opinion If you don’t speed, Madison, Wisconsin is an eleven hour drive from Winnipeg’s Confusion Corner.
I don’t need Google to tell me. I’ve done it. I saw a great many interesting things and people in that lovely university town, which happens to be the state capital.
I wish I could tell you that I had lunch there with a wonderful actress who was born there. But I did not. When Gena Rowlands passed away this week, less than a month after her 94th birthday, I wanted to read more about her background.
I assumed she was from the American heartland. But when I discovered she was from Wisconsin, I felt a sense of joy. Chris Pizzello / Invision / The Associated Press files Actor Gena Rowlands, who scored two Oscar nominations and won multiple Emmys and Golden Globes, died Wednesday.
She was 94 and had been living with Alzheimer’s disease. I’ve had a thing for Wisconsin for nearly half a century, not because of its fascinating politics, or the Green Bay Packers, or the Miller beer that made Milwaukee famous. It was “The Young and the Restless,” the world’s most watched daytime drama, set in the fictional town.