Good morning. Sunday will grow gradually sunnier, with a high of forty-five, and lighter winds than yesterday, at only 5 to 10 mph for today. On this day in 1903, Mary Anderson receives a patent: …the patent office awards U.S. Patent No. 743,801 to a Birmingham, Alabama woman named Mary Anderson for her “window cleaning…

Good morning. Saturday in Whitewater will be partly sunny, and breezy, with a high of fifty-three. We’ll have west winds of ten to twenty mph, with gusts as reaching 30 mph. What if, as a painter, one were to choose people, themselves, as both subjects and parts of one’s paintings? To be an artist like…

Good morning. Friday will be increasingly cloudy with a high of forty-six. On this day in 1895, a profound discovery: “Hand mit Ringen (Hand with Rings): a print of one of the first X-rays by Wilhelm Röntgen (1845–1923) of the left hand of his wife Anna Bertha Ludwig. It was presented to Professor Ludwig Zehnder…

Good morning. Thursday will be cloudy with a high of forty-three. Whitewater’s Landmarks Commission meets tonight at 6 PM. On this day in 1944, America re-elects FDR a third time, for a total of four presidential wins: In 1940, with World War II raging in Europe and the Pacific, Roosevelt agreed to run for an…

Good morning. Wednesday will be rainy with a high of fifty-three, but with falling daytime temperatures into the forties by the afternoon. Welcome, new readers. Yesterday was a big day for new visitors. Thanks very much for stopping by. To longtime readers, my thanks, too. Each year I’ve been writing has seen solid growth from…

Good morning. Whitewater will have a seventy-percent chance of rain today, and a near-certainty of rain tonight. Tuesday’s high will be fifty-five. Common Council meets tonight, at 6:30 PM. Tonight’s meeting includes, among other topics, budget presentations. On this day in 1862, Lincoln removes a general: ….a tortured relationship ends when President Abraham Lincoln removes…

Good morning. Our week begins with breezy skies and a high of fifty-three. On this day in 1928, a gambler plays his last hand: Arnold Rothstein, New York’s most notorious gambler, is shot and killed during a poker game at the Park Central Hotel in Manhattan. After finding Rothstein bleeding profusely at the service entrance…

Good morning. Sunday will be sunny with a high of forty-nine. The return to standard time now complete, sunrise is 6:32 AM and sunset 4:44 PM. On this day in 1957, the Soviets launch a dog into space: The Soviet Union launches the first animal into space—a dog name Laika—aboard theSputnik 2 spacecraft. Laika, part…

Good morning. Saturday will be cloudy with a high of forty-nine. Sunrise is 7:31 AM and sunset will be 5:46 PM. On this day in 1947, the Spruce Goose (a term creator Howard Hughes disliked) flies: ….Development of the Spruce Goose cost a phenomenal $23 million and took so long that the war had ended…

Good morning. The end of the week will bring scattered showers (a fifty-percent chance) and a high of forty-seven. On this day in 1512, the Sistine Chapel ceiling goes on public display. Sistine Chapel ceiling – photograph by Patrick Landy via Wikipedia On this day in 1863, a pen magnate is born: 1863 – George…

Good morning and Happy Halloween. We’ll have a rainy Halloween this year, but also one of mild temperatures, with a high of sixty-two. Trick or Treat in Whitewater is from 4 to 7 PM this evening. On this day in 1776, King George III speaks publicly in Parliament, for the first time, since the signing…

Good morning. Wednesday in Whitewater will be cloudy with a one-third chance of rain during the day, and a near-certainty of rain Wednesday night. We’ll have a high of fifty-nine. It’s the anniversary, from 1938, of Orson Welles’s radio broadcast of “The War of the Worlds,” at the time causing some Americans to think an…

Good morning. We’ll have a mostly cloudy Tuesday in Whitewater, with a high of fifty-two, and winds of 5 to 10 mph. Whitewater’s Fire and Rescue Task Force meets at 6 PM. On this day in 1929, the stock market crashes: Black Tuesday hits Wall Street as investors trade 16,410,030 shares on the New York…

Good morning. Whitewater’s week begins with sprinkles and a high of forty-six. Sunrise is 7:23 AM and sunset will be 5:54 PM. On this day in 1886, Pres. Cleveland dedicates the Statue of Liberty. The New York Times covered the ceremony: The statue of Liberty yesterday was seen through a mist darkly. Piercing winds blew…