Read a poem while pushing my bicycle across a pedestrian bridge spanning sixteen lanes of traffic. Took one line literally, applied it to this week’s weather.
Category: Living
Confronting History
Cycled around southeast Minneapolis looking for public art. This mask of Little Crow, chief of the Mdewakanton Dakota, is on sacred ground in Minnehaha Park. He was murdered by a settler in 1863 while picking raspberries. The Legislature awarded the settler $500.
Meeting Lucille van Pelt
Lucille van Pelt ambushed me with a “newspaper” outside the building where the Star Tribune is printed. On our “No-News Wednesdays” we carefully avoid all news, including the Star Tribune. Mercifully, Lucy’s news was a little out-of-date.
Pumping Iron
Bemasked Dwight stayed indoors to pump iron, as I headed out to walk in prematurely Fall weather.
Little Mogadishu
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Little Mogadishu
Cedar-Riverside, the most diverse neighborhood in Minneapolis, is a four minute walk from our home. One hundred years ago, Cedar-Riverside was home to Scandinavians, Germans, and Bohemians (today’s Czech Republic). During the last 30 years a large number of Somalis, escaping civil war and refugee camps, have moved here to what has been called Little…… Continue reading Little Mogadishu
Hard Times
Waited my turn to buy a coffee to go at worker-owned Hard Times Cafe.
Carrots Two Ways
Deep-fried, melt-in-the-mouth carrot tops, slow-cooked carrots, pasta with basil pesto. Dwight grew the basil from seeds; the carrots are from the local farmers market.
Once a Year
Marzipan, whipped cream, raspberry jam, sponge, almonds, buttercream. My once-a-year cake.
Remembrance of Earth’s Past
It’s “No-News Wednesday,” a day without any news media. Made a dent in the second book in the “Remembrance of Earth’s Past” trilogy by Cixin Liu. I normally don’t go for science fiction, but this is a fine summer read. I get to see through Chinese eyes, dimmed by translation.