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On our Sunday walk: memorial to the August 2007 collapse of Interstate 35W Mississippi Bridge.

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Cycled across one of the more unusual Mississippi bridges. This double-decker bridge connects two campuses of the University of Minnesota. The upper deck has walking and cycle paths, including an enclosed walkway. The lower deck has bus lanes and the Green Line LRT.

Cycled through a residential neighborhood dotted with small bars built in the early 1900’s. Knight Cap Bar is known for its weekly meat raffle.

Couldn’t out-pedal this storm.

Cycled to black history points of interest in St. Paul I’d plotted on a map. The 46 elements of Spiral For Justice represent the 46 years of Roy Wilkins’ leadership of the NAACP. The walls depict efforts to impede progress to racial justice

Chatted with friends.

How I spent my Sunday afternoon. I keep taking things apart in my quest for a better design. One day, some variant of all this will be one machine… or not.

Eliminated parts from my current LEGO Technic project. I’m going for minimal.

A triple header slowly hauled dozens of freight cars as I waited to continue my cycle ride.

Today we’re blocking out all news media. It’s a good day to go for a long cycle ride, code in a language I’ve never used before, and to live vicariously through the protagonist in a novel.

On a cycle ride, discovered Frogtown Park and Farm. Opened in 2015 in a St. Paul low-income neighborhood, it includes extensive native plantings and one of the largest urban farms in the country. The small buildings include food preparation facilities and a wood-fired pizza oven.

There was no one to challenge me, so I hoisted my bike over the rails. In the distance, a railroad service vehicle slowly moved along the track.

Explored an iffy shortcut in an industrial area of St. Paul. Quickly turned around when I spotted a parked police car.

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It’s Saturday. It’s sausage and cabbage. We always have sausage and cabbage on a Saturday. In colder months we do a braise