Editor’s Note

Neil Heinen and his wife, Nancy Christy, stand in their backyard along with their dog, Macaroon, who is a bouvier des Flandres.

Editor's note: Thanks, Neil

"He’s a man of resounding awareness, both of himself and the world around him."

"He’s a man of resounding awareness, both of himself and the world around him."

person kayaking On Lake Wingra

Editor's Note: Distraction from the pandemic

As we approach the six-month mark of a pandemic no one thought would take us this long to outsmart, we’ve also been in search of new distractions.

As we approach the six-month mark of a pandemic no one thought would take us this long to outsmart, we’ve also been in search of new distractions.

Empty hallway in Madison Magazine's offices

Editor's Note: Forever Changed

The tornadic path left by COVID-19 in particular has many saying “things will never be the same.”

Once a month I walk down the dark hallway of Madison Magazine’s empty office to pick up the latest copy of the magazine, check my messages and empty my mailbox.

Black Lives Matter Protest

Editor's note: blinding light of privilege

"COVID-19 turned our world upside down, but the breaking point of George Floyd’s death made it clear that the world was already upside down for many."

I often have to squint through the blinding light of my own white privilege.

Black and white work from home desk

Editor's Note: Better Days

It’s day 26 of my quarantine as I type this from my work-from-home desk.

It’s day 26 of my quarantine as I type this from my work-from-home desk.

Photographer taking photos in the upstairs of the old fashioned with an art director

Old-fashioned fare at Madison's The Old Fashioned

We shot this issue’s cover at a little Capitol Square tavern you may or may not have heard of before.

We shot this issue’s cover at a little Capitol Square tavern you may or may not have heard of before, The Old Fashioned.

the book "The Painted Forest" on a table

The meaning behind the places we call home

Learning about a place’s history deepens our connection

Learning about a place’s history and the people who stood here before us deepens our connection to where we plant our roots.

Behling: Not enough

Behling: Not enough

It's just a bandage on a gaping wound.

I stopped at a coffee shop five minutes from my apartment, unsure whether I would be able to make it past the last hill before home.

Woman in the white dress

Woman in the white dress

Editor Andrea Behling remembers her family's story

I remember a family member once told me about a ghost encounter when I was younger.

Madison Magazine’s next chapter

Madison Magazine's next chapter

Editor Andrea Behling pens her first column

I think about the 400-some columns that have come before mine in this magazine’s 41-year history.