Another Week: Number 75

May 28, 2024: The Racine Fire Department fights a fire in Mitchell School’s gym. The school suffered a more serious fire in February 2014. Another Week: Number 75 < Previous Another Week Next >   How do our lives ravel out into the no-wind, no-sound,...

Another Week: Number 74

May 25, 2024: Paddock Lake in Kenosha County, Wisconsin, seen from my sister’s patio. Another Week: Number 74 < Previous Another Week For four months now, I have felt like I’m putting things back in order after a tornado. Sure, forty-two years are gone...

Another Week: Number 73

May 16, 2024: First hummingbird at my feeder this year. Another Week: Number 73 < Previous Another Week Birds are so strange. They’re little remnants of dinosaurs that can recognize Dick Cheney and find their way back to my feeder from Central America. On...

Another Week: Number 72

May 11, 2024: Northern Lights over Mitchell School in Racine, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 72 < Previous Another Week I have amnesia. My country has constipation. My amnesia is deliberate and defensive. On Saturday, Chris, my mail carrier, came to my door and...

Another Week: Number 71

May 3, 2024: Simmons Island Marina in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 71 < Previous Another Week Next > There’s a certain bird species that visits my backyard every spring — the White-crowned Sparrow. It looks just like all the other sparrows...

Another Week: Number 70

April 26, 2024: Backyard crabapple tree at dawn in Racine, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 70 < Previous Another Week Next > My backyard continues to occupy my mind. I do a lot of pacing all day here, alone in my house, and a good quarter of my windows look out...

Another Week: Number 69

April 19, 2024: Mexican Sunflower (Tithonia rotundifolia) sprouts in a Burpee 72-Cell Seed Watering System. Another Week: Number 69 < Previous Another Week Next > It’s that time of year when gardening decisions get finalized. Foggy notions that drifted...

Another Week: Number 68

April 8, 2024: Shadows on the Petrifying Springs multi-use trail in Kenosha, Wisconsin during the 2024 solar eclipse. Another Week: Number 68 < Previous Another Week Next > The 2024 solar eclipse was the event that dominated the week. It was both adorable and...

Another Week: Number 67

April 6, 2024: Memorial gathering for Amy Czerniec at Church & Market in Kenosha, Wisconsin. (Photo by Kevin Grissom.) Another Week: Number 67 < Previous Another Week Next > This week was a six-day tunnel that opened into sunshine and pulsing on Saturday...

Another Week: Number 66

March 29, 2024: Friday’s dinner — two Marie Callender’s Chicken Pot Pies plus a baked sweet potato. Another Week: Number 66 < Previous Another Week I guess some weeks are like this. The weather has been fairly crappy. The majority of my time has been...