Another Week: Number 164

February 12, 2026: Looking southwest into Humble Park in Racine, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 164 < Previous Another Week This was a week when lots of disturbing things swirled around at once and did not settle. For example, the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie...

Another Week: Number 163

February 1, 2026: Regency Car Wash in Racine, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 163 < Previous Another Week February is rarely glorious here in southeast Wisconsin. This first week saw acceptable weather — temperatures mostly in the 20s, with a couple inches of...

Another Week: Number 162

January 30, 2026: Snowy Webster Street in Racine, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 162 < Previous Another Week Winter continues to keep me on house arrest. Temperatures have ranged from the single digits to the teens. Once or twice a day, an extremely light layer of...

Another Week: Number 161

Gas prices in Racine, Wisconsin: $2.89 on January 19, 2025, and $2.49 on January 20, 2026 Another Week: Number 161 < Previous Another Week This was one of those grim weeks where you mostly stay indoors and wonder why people live here. Temperatures were often in the...

Another Week: Number 160

January 12, 2026: Sunrise behind Mitchell School on Drevel Avenue in Racine, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 160 < Previous Another Week This is the time of year that inspires optimism, then smacks it right down — like nursery catalogs arriving in the mailbox with...

Another Week: Number 159

January 6, 2026: Deflated Christmas inflatables on Olive Street in Racine, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 159 < Previous Another Week We have finally reached the bottom of the long, descending stretch of track that begins annually on Labor Day. The holidays are...

Another Week: Number 158

December 29, 2025: S.C. Johnson Elementary school in Racine, Wisconsin — the same location photographed in Another Week: Number 1, three years ago. Another Week: Number 158 < Previous Another Week This installment of Another Week marks three full years that...

Another Week: Number 157

December 23, 2025: Bench at Petrifying Springs Park in Kenosha, Wisconsin, decorated for Christmas. Another Week: Number 157 < Previous Another Week There was a time when Amy and I bought and decorated real Christmas trees, when we wore matching bathrobes and had...

Another Week: Number 156

December 18, 2025: Magic Scissors Beauty Studio in Racine, Wisconsin, decorated for Christmas. Another Week: Number 156 < Previous Another Week Usually, when a “breaking news” story hijacks routine coverage on TV, the news networks fixate on it the way a dog...

Another Week: Number 155

December 10, 2025: Christmas on the skids at Blain’s Farm & Fleet in Sturtevant, Wisconsin. Another Week: Number 155 < Previous Another Week Next > It was a nasty week out there — temperatures were numbing, and the wind was rude. Occasionally, brief...