Project Scorpion D minus 2. Essential materiel. How many things can you name? What do you think is in the secret box?
Category: In This Together
Tools
C, D: We’ll be using these tools on D-Day. Can you name them? Which one would you use to cut a hole in the ceiling?
Walkie-Talkies
Project Scorpion (Top Secret) D minus 3. My walkie-talkies are not working well. C, D: do you have walkie-talkies?
Ax-Man
Project Scorpion (Top Secret) D minus 4. Requisitioned essential materiel at Ax-Man surplus store.
Vault
Today is D-Day minus 4. Top Secret. Project Scorpion. Prepared vault that can only be opened with the secret code.
IDs
Today is D-Day minus 5. Top Secret. Project Scorpion. C, D: Stand by for further information and orders.
Too Cold for School
Today it was too cold for the schools to open, but not too cold for nephew C. to snowboard.
Frozen Lakes and Lost Places
Frozen Lake of the Isles, MinneapolisKilauea caldera, Hawaii Big Island”Why do you live in Minnesota?–The winters are too cold. You should move.”I hear this from a person who brought up a family in a Minneapolis suburb. When her husband retired, they moved to a new subdivision in the Arizona desert. There is no good response…… Continue reading Frozen Lakes and Lost Places
Finding Work and Health Insurance
Library afternoon. Helped people to navigate poorly designed Web forms to find jobs and decent health insurance.
Art for Everyone
Spoonbridge and Cherry (Oldenburg), Minneapolis Sculpture Garden Today, on my walk to The Wedge Co-op to pick up some groceries, I popped into the Walker Art Center to catch their Claes Oldenburg exhibition before it ends its run in January. Afterwards, it struck me there were learning moments for my nephews (5 and 6). This…… Continue reading Art for Everyone