It’s the summer of 1975. My brother and I are wandering around Moscow. A young Russian man comes up to us and starts a conversation. Once a certain level of trust is achieved, he brings up the subject of books banned in the USSR. “Would you mail me a copy of Portnoy’s Complaint?” he asks.…… Continue reading Portnoy’s Complaint in Moscow
Category: Place
St. Paul’s Oakland Cemetery
Cycled with a friend to St. Paul’s Oakland Cemetery (founded 1853), final home for many immigrants. We’re lucky to have a large Hmong-American population, median age 19.7. As many of us age out of the workforce, young, hard-working individuals will build
Portland People
Encountered a depiction of the people of Portland, Oregon.
Making Way for Housing
Grain elevators made way for housing as we cycled through Nordeast Minneapolis.
Former Sporting House
Cycled past blossom partially eclipsing a former sporting house.
Milwaukee Avenue: When Citizens #Resist
Earlier this week a friend and I explored the length of Milwaukee Avenue in the Seward neighborhood of Minneapolis. In a city where an avenue can stretch for a hundred blocks, Milwaukee Avenue is just two blocks. I was struck by the rows of small houses built on lots that are a quarter the size…… Continue reading Milwaukee Avenue: When Citizens #Resist
Milwaukee Avenue: When Citizens Resist
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The ‘burbs
While a windshield was being replaced, walked across a landscape of functional structures and roads without sidewalks.
Milwaukee Avenue Historic District
“Discovered” the Milwaukee Avenue Historic District: two car-free city blocks of small homes built in the 1890’s. I’m left wondering what other gems I’ve missed in our neighborhood.
Wild River
Cycled across a roiling Mississippi.