Skateboard park sign, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Skateboard park sign, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Skateboard park rules sign at the Washington Park Skateboard Facility, 22nd Avenue near Washington Road, as amended with stickers and Sharpie markers. [includeme...

Rexall: Mayer Drugs, downtown Kenosha

Rexall: Mayer Drugs, downtown Kenosha

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Landmark downtown Mayer Drugs sign at the northeast corner of 6th Avenue and 56th Street. The Rexall drugstore itself is long gone, but the sign remains. [includeme...

Elliot dunks

Elliot dunks

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Our nephew Elliot slam dunks a basketball while playing on Kim and Andy's driveway during an Easter Sunday get-together.

Easter brunch: Family around the table

Easter brunch: Family around the table

Kenosha, Wisconsin — My sister Karen and her husband Kevin have hosted an Easter brunch at their home many years, featuring a fantastic food spread. Our mom and her husband Art are pictured at the top of this...

Kenosha harbor: Boats in the Water Day, 2000

Kenosha harbor: Boats in the Water Day, 2000

Kenosha, Wisconsin — On one mid-April weekend every year, cranes are used to lower recreational vessels into Kenosha's small boat harbor to begin the boating season. [includeme...

Boat House Pub & Eatery, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Boat House Pub & Eatery, Kenosha, Wisconsin

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Back view of the Boat House Pub & Eatery at 4917 7th Avenue, one of several Kenosha restaurants located on the city's Lake Michigan harbor — in this case the Simmons Island Marina small boat harbor....

Pennoyer Park flooding at dawn

Pennoyer Park flooding at dawn

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Poor drainage creates pleasing reflections at Pennoyer Park, along the Lake Michigan shoreline.

Pearl drum set and Elliot

Pearl drum set and Elliot

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Elliot in his bedroom, practicing his drumming on his Pearl drum set.

Kenosha apartment, 5th Avenue

Kenosha apartment, 5th Avenue

Kenosha, Wisconsin — The ramshackle upper flat on Kenosha's small boat harbor where we spent 17 quick years.

Snow-covered Amy

Snow-covered Amy

Kenosha County, Wisconsin — Amy, getting covered with snow during a snowstorm at Petrifying Springs.

Sledding in a snowstorm

Sledding in a snowstorm

Kenosha County, Wisconsin — Sledders out on Petrifying Springs Golf Course during a snowstorm.

Reading Joseph Campbell

Reading Joseph Campbell

Kenosha, Wisconsin — Reading Joseph Campbell's The Masks of God: Creative Mythology at home on the sofa.

Sledding at Petrifying Springs (Rosebud!)

Sledding at Petrifying Springs (Rosebud!)

Kenosha County, Wisconsin — Sledding on Hole 17 of Petrifying Springs Golf Course. American film director, writer, actor, and producer Orson Welles, who directed Citizen Kane (1941), was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin in 1915,...

Lion dance drummer, Chicago Chinatown

Lion dance drummer, Chicago Chinatown

Chicago Chinatown — A drummer for a lion dance plays outside Hong Min Restaurant at 221 W Cermak Road following the Chinese New Year parade.