Another Week: Number 85

by | August 11, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

August 4, 2024: The sun rises above Kenosha, Wisconsin’s harbor. Another Week: Number 85 < Previous Another Week Occasional glimmers of autumn have started to mix in between the late summer days of steam and rot. Bursts of rain and thunderstorms on Monday and...

Another Week: Number 84

by | August 4, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

August 2, 2024: Red-spotted Purple butterfly (Limenitis arthemis astyanax) on the butterfly bush in my Racine, Wisconsin backyard. Another Week: Number 84 < Previous Another Week After numerous droughty years of dusty brown lawns, this summer continues to feature...

Another Week: Number 83

by | July 28, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

July 25, 2024: Eichelman Park beach on Lake Michigan in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 83 < Previous Another Week Next > These are the quiet days, as we start rolling toward the end of summer — the days when people read books outdoors. Some are away on...

Another Week: Number 82

by | July 21, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

July 16, 2024: God Bless America sign on 56th St. in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 82 < Previous Another Week Next > I have heard about the lives of small swift birds.They dazzle with their colour and their deftness through the air.Just a simple...

Another Week: Number 81

by | July 14, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

July 12, 2024: St. Lucy Festival Meat Sweepstakes in Racine, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 81 < Previous Another Week Next > This was a fairly steamy, sticky week. Rainstorms alternated with sunny heat and the dewpoint hovered around the icky level. I still...

Another Week: Number 80

by | July 7, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

July 3, 2024: Reading in my Racine, Wisconsin backyard. Another Week: Number 80 < Previous Another Week Next > After all the hysteria over cicadas this year, I finally heard one. It was on Wednesday afternoon, as I sat reading in my zero-gravity lounge chair in...

Another Week: Number 79

by | June 30, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

June 25, 2024: Storm clouds approach Webster St. and Drexel Ave. in Racine, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 79 < Previous Another Week Next > On our annual rollercoaster ride, our train has reached the crest of its hill and has slowed there, tipping forward and...

Another Week: Number 78

by | June 23, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

June 22, 2024: Storm clouds approach Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Woodman’s Market is visible at left. Another Week: Number 78 < Previous Another Week Next > Laying low, keeping my head down, staying inconspicuous — these were the main themes for the past...

Another Week: Number 77

by | June 16, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

June 11, 2024: Ivy Ford performs at the Music at Twilight concert series on Kenosha, Wisconsin’s lakefront. Another Week: Number 77 < Previous Another Week Next > After months of anticipation, summer is not only here — it’s already passing. On...

Another Week: Number 76

by | June 9, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

June 8, 2024: Shirley Carter celebrates her 89th birthday in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 76 < Previous Another Week Next > Most of the time in my new life as a wrinkled widower, I’m gradually setting my preferences and piecing...