Another Week: Number 65

by | March 24, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

March 22, 2024: My backyard crabapple tree in a Racine, Wisconsin snowstorm. Another Week: Number 65 < Previous Another Week It’s funny how — like some sort of Pavlovian demonstration — a few cues can click you into a whole different frame of mind. On Friday,...

Another Week: Number 64

by | March 17, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

March 11, 2024: Downtown Kenosha, looking north from 5813 6th Ave. Another Week: Number 64 < Previous Another Week But there will come a time, remind yourself, just be reminded that the time will come when you’ll think of your husband, wife, son, daughter,...

Another Week: Number 63

by | March 10, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

March 8, 2024: Fish fry food truck on 51st Place, outside Captain Mike’s in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 63 < Previous Another Week My addiction to radio began in childhood. My grandma had a bright red Coca-Cola radio in her Cicero, Illinois...

Another Week: Number 62

by | March 3, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

March 1, 2024: The Coffee Pot on 7th Avenue in Kenosha, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 62 < Previous Another Week Transitions usually aren’t linear. Often there’s a “two steps forward, one step back” cadence — similar to an optometrist homing in on a...

Another Week: Number 61

by | February 25, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

February 2, 2024: Petrifying Springs multi-use trail, Kenosha, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 61 < Previous Another Week Next > The important thing is somehow to begin. Everything grows out of those first few scratches. — Henry Moore, quoted in The Ultimate...

Another Week: Number 60

by | February 18, 2024 • 12:00 am | Another Week

February 16, 2024: “Whole of My Heart,” by Chris Plaisted, on Kenosha, Wisconsin’s harbor. Another Week: Number 60 < Previous Another Week I continue to go through the motions for the sake of motion. Super Bowl LVIII took place in Las Vegas on Sunday and I...

Another Week: Number 59

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

February 11, 2024: Petrifying Springs multi-use trail. Another Week: Number 59 < Previous Another Week The first new car Amy bought was a Subaru with a turbo and a five-speed manual transmission. I learned how to drive it by practicing alone at an industrial park...

Another Week: Number 58

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

January 31, 2024: Boarded-up house at Olive and Virginia streets in Racine, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 58 < Previous Another Week I tried to describe it to my sister Karen this way: There’s a crater where my life used to be. I spend most of my time...

Another Week: Number 57

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

January 25, 2024: Southbound on I-94 near Hwy. 158 in Kenosha County, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 57 < Previous Another Week Amy died two Tuesdays ago, and even though we had been inching toward this conclusion for nine months — or ten years, or even forty-two...

Another Week: Number 56

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

January, 2024: Our living room window at dawn. Another Week: Number 56 < Previous Another Week Next > Through this whole ordeal, after each disappointment, I have taken comfort in what remains: So — okay — Amy can’t drive, but I can drive her and she can walk...