Marched with 7,000 people because families belong together. We brought downtown to a halt, including the light rail.
Category: Living
West Side Story
Tonight, tonight: explored what it means to be American. West Side Story.
Aimless Cycle
Cycled aimlessly around the neighborhood. This former flour mill is now affordable lofts for artists.
Misaligned Grate
Asked the city to give this Downtown Nicollet Mall grate a quarter turn.
The Show Had to Go On
Posted The Show Had to Go On.
The Show Had to Go On
When she was a child, my mother was acting up. My grandmother pointed to a little girl sitting passively across the room: “Why can’t you be like her?” My mother retorted: “Nobody is paying attention to her.” She was probably a little older than the toddler uncomfortably propped on the chair in the photograph at…… Continue reading The Show Had to Go On
Meds: An Issue When Planning Travel
Chose a January date to move to our condo. Now, I can plan trips, constrained only by 30-day supplies of a tumor-suppressing medication.
Korean Comfort Food
Posted Bibimbap: Korean Comfort Food.
Bibimbap: Korean Comfort Food
Since my last visit to South Korea in 2017, I have come to crave the comfort of Korean-style rice bowls: rice topped with little heaps of meat, vegetables, and a soft-cooked egg. Yolk permeating rice is one of life’s great pleasures. The photo at the top of this post shows a fine example awaiting my…… Continue reading Bibimbap: Korean Comfort Food
Speaking to Our Times
Every time I look up from my reading, I see rainbows rising up the Guthrie Theater marquee. We go there to escape, but also for plays that speak to our times from earlier times: themes of race (1968), the rise of fascism (1941), and a polluted water suppl