It will be 2020 before I can be a tutor again in the basement classroom with a fireplace. The 105-year-old building is about to close for a few months for renovation.
Category: Living
Fresh Beer and Healthy Food
On our energetic cycle ride, Surly Brewery appeared just in time for lunch. Our quinoa salad bowls were excellent, as was the beer.
Revitalized Cheese-Ends
Tip-the-Fridge Week, Day 2. Baked four-cheese mac and cheese. Had five cheese-ends been loitering in the fridge, it would’ve been five-cheese mac and cheese.
Tip-The-Fridge Week
It’s Tip-the-Fridge Week. You can hide a lot in a pot pie.
Snapshots: Superior Hiking Trail 2019
This week, blue daubs guided us, as they do every year around this time. We stayed on the North Shore of Lake Superior in two lodges (at Lutsen and Tofte) and hiked sections of the Superior Hiking Trail. The plan for each day was simple: take to the trails after a cooked breakfast. Two days…… Continue reading Snapshots: Superior Hiking Trail 2019
CCC Trails
The first part of our hike took us past several waterfalls as Cascade River tumbled towards Lake Superior. The trails were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s. I’d applaud the return of the Corps.
Pre-The Glass Menagerie
Walked across the park to The Guthrie for a pre-theater drink, bracing ourselves for The Glass Menagerie.
White Power and Paramilitary America
After a noon Westminster Town Hall Forum lecture on White Power and Paramilitary America, I was ready for some subversive art at the Walker.
Whitewashing
Cycled behind the Pioneers Monument in Northeast Minneapolis. The front depicts a pioneer family. The back depicts Father Hennepin receiving a peace pipe from the locals in 1680. Afterwards I wrote to asking for an interpretive sign that provides fuller context.
First Concert of the Season
Walked over to Orchestra Hall for the first Minnesota Orchestra concert of the season.