Another Week: Number 16

by | April 16, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

This McDonald’s restaurant at Pershing Plaza in Kenosha, Wisconsin was the site of a 1993 active shooter attack that killed two people. (Photo by Amy Czerniec, April 15, 2023.) Another Week: Number 16 < Previous Another Week Next > We have lost our minds...

Another Week: Number 15

by | April 9, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

Amazon vans mating on Webster St. in Racine, Wisconsin, April 4, 2023 Another Week: Number 15 < Previous Another Week Next > Although the first official day of spring is always March 1, the moment of spring’s actual arrival at my home in any given year is...

Another Week: Number 14

by | April 2, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

The family waiting room at Froedtert & MCW Imaging Services in Wauwatosa, Wisconsin on March 29, 2023. Another Week: Number 14 < Previous Another Week Next > T.S. Elliot wrote that “April is the cruelest month,” but I have had MSNBC in my ear for the past 20...

Another Week: Number 13

by | March 26, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

Racine, Wisconsin: Sunset on Webster St., March 24, 2023. Another Week: Number 13 < Previous Another Week Next > I chose a sunset-before-the-storm photo above because the weekly snow dumps are beginning to get tedious. So much for the “red sky at night”...

Another Week: Number 12

by | March 19, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

Racine, Wisconsin: Mitchell School at dawn on March 16, 2023. Another Week: Number 12 < Previous Another Week Next > Boom! Another week has come and gone, even while time itself has slowed to a crawl. Which will arrive first: some really glorious spring weather,...

Another Week: Number 11

by | March 12, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

Wet snow topples a birch tree on Webster St. in Racine, Wisconsin, March 10, 2023. Another Week: Number 11 < Previous Another Week Next > It’s that time of year when you wish you could be spreading pre-emergent crabgrass preventer. Instead, though,...

Another Week: Number 10

by | March 5, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

My mom’s living room in Kenosha, Wisconsin, February 27, 2023. Another Week: Number 10 < Previous Another Week Next > The photo I should have taken this week was of the conjunction between the planets Jupiter and Venus on Wednesday evening. They looked...

McDonald’s mobile app misery

by | February 27, 2023 • 3:49 pm | Blog

McDonald’s mobile app misery I don’t eat at McDonald’s often, but it does hold that promise of convenience when I’m driving from A to B and need something in my stomach fast. Usually these days I order via the McDonald’s mobile app, which...

Another Week: Number 9

by | February 26, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

Our backyard crabapple tree, beginning to get coated by the ice storm on the afternoon of February 22, 2023. Another Week: Number 9 < Previous Another Week Next > Sitting in the dark Wednesday night during our ice storm power outage, I told Amy that we were just...

Another Week: Number 8

by | February 19, 2023 • 12:00 am | Another Week

My sister’s nightstand, February 17, 2023 Another Week: Number 8 < Previous Another Week Next > Lori, the youngest of my four sisters, died a few hours ago of acute myeloid leukemia, which was first diagnosed in May 2021. She was 55. This last week was a...