Posted Beyond the Narrow Road to the Deep North.
Category: Place
Stabilized
Walked by the Mississippi on a newly reopened trail. It took two years to stabilize this small section of bank.
Minnehaha Creek in the ‘Burbs
Peered between expensive homes as I tried to follow Minnehaha Creek through suburbs St. Louis Park and Edina.
Jane Monheit and Nicholas Payton
Dinner at the Dakota with Jane Monheit and Nicholas Payton.
Fictional Hokkaido
I was on a train, traveling through darkness. The elderly woman next to me asked if it would be OK if we chatted. She was on her way to her home on Shikoku having stayed with friends on Honshu. I was returning to my base after cycling on bridges and islands across Japan’s Inland Sea.…… Continue reading Fictional Hokkaido
Fictional Hokkaido
Posted Fictional Hokkaido.
Tracing a Victorian Woman’s Hokkaido Journey
In the summer of 1878, Isabella Bird sailed from Aomori in the north of Honshu to Hakodate in Hokkaido, Japan’s northernmost island of any size. She then sought undeveloped places beyond Hakodate. When she returned home to Edinburgh, Scotland, she published a book of her letters, Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. It’s still in print and available…… Continue reading Tracing a Victorian Woman’s Hokkaido Journey
Tracing a Victorian Woman’s Hokkaido Journey
Posted Tracing a Victorian Woman’s Hokkaido Journey. She used horses, I’ll use rail.
Strong Lines
Strong lines on a random walk through Nordeast Minneapolis.
Cedar Lake
On my walk: Cedar Lake looking towards downtown Minneapolis.