Glimpse of Fall

On my walk: Concrete, steel and brick; wind and chill reveal structure; trunk, branch, twig and leaf.

Categorized as Fall

Luce Line to Medicine Lake

Cycled west out of of Minneapolis on a section of the Luce Line, then around Medicine Lake, my longest ride this year.

Categorized as Cycle

Wrong Tom Wilson

Sometimes I receive emails meant for other Tom Wilsons. Today, received a $100 Amazon digital gift from a complete stranger. Thinking it was a scam, pasted the code into my Amazon account: it worked. It took several emails to convince the sender she might want her money back.

Live Orchestra

Tonight we have front row seats for a live Minnesota Orchestra performance. In different times, we’d be at Orchestra Hall.

Categorized as Arts

Balancing Act

The relative sweetness of the shinshu miso was nicely offset by the bitterness of the Asian broccoli.

Categorized as Cook

Miso Ingredients

Next on my list: learn how to make dashi broth and miso soup. For me, Covid-19 restrictions present opportunities to learn new things. If I can’t go to Japan, I can bring Japan to me.

Categorized as Cook

Bridges of Hennepin County

Crossed thirteen Mississippi bridges on a “The Bridges of Hennepin County” cycle ride with a friend. On this bridge, we pushed our bicycles while avoiding eye contact with the locomotive operator

Categorized as Cycle