Baby Turnips

Finally, fresh Minnesota-grown produce. I’ll make this favorite dish with a bunch of these.

Categorized as Cook

Travel Gear: Headphones

I rarely use headphones when traveling. On a long-haul, I prefer to read, snooze, or watch a movie in silence with subtitles turned on. I have yet to find comfortable, compact headphones. Back in 1980, when the Sony Walkman was introduced to the USA, the airlines were still handing out pneumatic headsets in Economy. These…… Continue reading Travel Gear: Headphones

Forgiven Trespass

We walked our bikes across this bridge, avoiding eye contact with BNSF workers, hoping our trespass would be forgiven

Categorized as Cycle

On Second Thoughts…

Decided not to do this activity with the nephews, today: they might try this on their own, unsupervised.

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Slow-Cooked Ribs

Holiday weekend at home. Cycled a loop: Chain of Lakes and Mississippi. Now, slow-cooking ribs on our old Weber.

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Manning the Fort

Bike and lawn mower hang out together in the garage while I drive off to an office to design databases.

Root River State Trail

Cycled half the beautiful Root River State Trail in SE Minnesota with a friend. Refueled with ice cream and lefse.

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Learning Patience

It was good, today, to get my hands in dirt, planting annuals. Finally, it’s warm enough: a garden teaches patience.