Bob Weirauch

Contributing Editor and Poet-in-Residence

Bob Weirauch was born February 1948 in Wausau, Wisconsin the youngest of five children. He graduated from Wausau Newman High School, attended the University of Wisconsin and North Central Technical College. He holds degrees in Sales and Business Management.

Bob is the former President and CEO and majority stake holder in Wausau Financial Systems, Inc. a computer hardware and software sales and service company. He is the founder of Safe Assured, a digital child ID System approved by the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. He is a founding member and Director of Washington County Bank, St Paul, MN, founding member and Director of First American Bank, Hudson WI, and former stakeholder and Director of Aqua Finance.

Bob has served on many commercial Board of Directors as well as many Non-Profit Boards. Today, Bob is still active in business. He and his partners own two hotels and a hotel management company splitting his time between Wisconsin and Arizona. Bob is an avid collector of Native American art, crafts and artifacts.

In his spare time Bob likes to E-Bike, jet ski, boat, golf, hang out with friends and family, gamble, drink and write.

Posts by Bob Weirauch

Reflections On St. Patrick's Day

Our Contributing Editor and sometimes Poet-in-Residence, Bob Weirauch, is celebrating St. Patrick's Day as he has for many years. He's reflecting on the events that happen once a year, but he's also reflecting on the Irish history that was always so very important to him and his family. Erin go bragh!

Reflections: On Birthdays

Our Contributing Editor, Bob Weirauch, is celebrating his birthday. He's curious, obviously, about the meaning of the number (Spoiler Alert: 77) that his birthday represents. Upon some digging, Bob was digging the meaning. You will too when you read more!

Good Grief: Reflections On Grieving Loss

It's been a rough few weeks for our Contributing Editor, Bob Weirauch and his partner Teri. It happens when we get older; we lose our family, our friends, our pets, and even some of our material belongings. Bob has been in deep thought about this, here's his "take".

Reflections On Nature: The Supermoon

The Supermoon is in the sky and our Contributing Editor is spry.

That's Bob Weirauch, our Poet-in-Chief, who has found relief,

In the natural world where his feet are curled,

In front of a fire where the sky is his choir.

Reflections: About A Bar In West Allis Named Luddy's

Bob Weirauch remembers a bar, long gone, in Wisconsin that his father frequented. It sure seems that Bob hasn't forgotten that old place, and how could he? Luddy's Bar seems like one weird place, or perhaps that's just the way Bob remembers it.

Reflections On Friends: “Auld Lang Syne” or Those Times Gone By

Bob Weirauch reflects on the song "Auld Lang Syne" including its meaning, it's real meaning, and how it should guide us in our pursuit of friendships and perhaps even how we resolve our New Year's Resolutions.

Reflections: What Happens in Vegas

The road trip is a right of passage. But a road trip that's been occurring for more than 40 years, and dozens of times over, isn't a right of passage any longer. It's a given-right shared between two friends with an understanding that they'll be more. Or will there be?

Time can do that to road trips. It can bring a sense of ending, a discontinuance of the eternal, but it can't do that to friendships, those can never end; regardless of what happens in Vegas!

Reflections: On Old, Abandoned Houses

Gone but not forgotten, at least in the eyes (and mind) of Bob Weirauch. If you ever come across an old, abandoned house, give it some thought. There might not be anyone living there, but it's probably alive with stories, some good, perhaps some not so good. Let your imagination run because that's something that should never be abandoned.

Reflections: A Conversation With Hannah

And what an interesting conversation it must have been. If we could have just been an antique lamp shade near the wall, we'd know a lot more about the ins and outs of that conversation. But hey, that's not our place in a convo between father and daughter. Or is it? Read on.

Reflections: The Run (For Dani)

Poet-in-Residence, Bob Weirauch, wrote about his daughter's running efforts. Those efforts might have been a long time ago, but obviously he never forgot Dani's commitment and dedication to the path she ran on and the path she followed throughout her life.

Winter Is Coming

Our Contributing Editor and Poet-in-Residence, Bob Weirauch, is reflecting about winter. A Wisconsin guy through and through, the stiff winds of North Central Wisconsin are piercing Bob's sweater and other layers, through and through. Winter is coming and that's a fact.

Reflections: On Being A "Young Man"

Bob Weirauch, our Contributing Editor and Poet-in-Residence, is at it again. This time it's in a diner near his home. For the record, Bob isn't exactly an old man, but he sure the hell isn't a young man either. And that, despite his age, is a real problem.