At the Guthrie tonight: “The Legend of Georgia McBride.” Struggling Elvis impersonator finds his mojo as a drag queen
Category: Living
Undersides
Cycled with a friend who wanted to take pictures of the undersides of bridges.
Minnesota, Full-Throttle
Tonight, we go full-throttle Minnesotan: I’m making green bean hotdish topped with Tater Tots. OK, Spud Puppies, same thing. I’m going a little upmarket: no Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup, no French’s fried onions, and the green beans are fresh.
Japanese Kit Kats
Bought Japanese green tea/almond/cranberry Kit Kats for my nephews, one of over 300 flavors.
The Time I Was Summoned to “The Kremlin”
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The Time I Was Summoned to “The Kremlin”
It’s 1960. My maternal grandfather, my Aunt Madge, my brother, and I had been summoned to “the Kremlin.” Madge consistently referred to her brother’s Glasgow home as “the Kremlin.” This reflected her disconnect with her brother, Malcolm. He was clearly keeping his distance from the rest of the family, possibly for good reasons. The backstory…… Continue reading The Time I Was Summoned to “The Kremlin”
When New Beats Old
Researched furniture for our future condo. When we moved out of our house we realized it was better to get rid of furniture rather than pay to store it.
Bike-Sharing
I never imagined bike-sharing would be this popular. The app directed me to bikes a couple blocks away.
Waterfall and Blizzards
Cycled with a friend on bluffs above the Mississippi to a waterfall on the Vermillion River, Hastings. My friend’s wife drove us back to the Cities from a local Dairy Queen after we finished our Blizzards.
Ticking Headset
Lusted after the bikes at Hub Bike Co-op while a mechanic investigated a ticking sound coming from my bike’s headset. It had not ingested a mechanical clock.