Category: In This Together

Peonies With a Story

Peonies on display in our home from a bush Dwight’s grandmother planted in North Dakota maybe 100 years ago. A few years ago we moved the bush to his sister’s yard near the Twin Cities. It has a pleasant scent, unlike modern hybrids.

(Almost) Self-Sustaining Building

On our walk: a mill worker depicted at the Pillsbury A-Mill. Completed in 1881, it was the world’s largest flour mill for 40 years. Today the building is well-appointed artist lofts; a hydroelectric generator, combined with geothermal, produces 75% of the building’s energy needs.

Narcan

Called 911: a guy had passed out on a cycle path and was breathing intermittently. Before paramedics arrived, a physician from the county hospital just happened to cycle by. And, he just happened to have a narcan kit handy. An injection brought the patient back: he almost died.

Standing up to Pillow Guy

No time to post today. Having way too much fun following my, er, nemesis, Senga Oberon ⁦@OberonSenga⁩ helping people back to the light

Categorized as Resist

National Guard in Minneapolis

Greeted National Guardsmen on my walk through the Minneapolis North Loop to a block where, in 1934, strikers were shot at by the police. Most were shot in the back, 67 were injured, two died. Martial law was declared, and the National Guard was deployed.