Cycled to a clinic to get blood drawn by a phlebotomist. Later, held a biweekly ESL (English as a second language) Zoom session with an adult student who is studying to be a phlebotomist. We’re working through a text book learning to say words like “ethylenediaminetetraacetic.”
Category: Living
Yet Another Controller
Finished building the latest controller for watering and misting one rack of houseplants. It communicates wirelessly over a Z-Wave mesh with a Hubitat home automation hub.
Lobster Roll
Cycled with friends to dinner in a traditional Nordeast Minneapolis neighborhood bar, 1029 Bar. Feasted on their specialty: “top-rated lobster roll in the nation.”
River Trails
Cycled up-river as far as Interstate 694. Crossed the Mississippi on a bike path on the I694 bridge then cycled back.
Grateful for Normal
Grateful for Normal. Cycled to Longfellow Grill for lunch. The vaccines keep on giving.
Breakfast Sandwich with a View
Cycled over to Lake Harriet for a breakfast sandwich with a view at Bread and Pickle.
Coffee under a Bicycle
Chilled with a cuppa under a bicycle at Honour Coffee before getting back on my bicycle.
Maybe in my Next Life…
At Gold Medal Park, towards the end of our walk, these delightful young people asked if we’d like to join the exercise group. Promised I’d consider doing that in my next life
Assembling Musubi
Assembled musubi for lunch. Made a glaze for the fried spam with port and shoyu.“I cook with wine, sometimes I even add it to the food.”― W. C. Fields.
A Request from Her Majesty
I now have Her Britannic Majesty watching my back: my British passport arrived today. I’ll usually travel on my US passport, but a second passport might help me to work around nationality-dependent Covid restrictions.