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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.

Posted Out of Sight…

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

Posted Using Airline Service Trolleys to Organize LEGO Parts.

Best pea shoots yet.

Cycled through a former heavy engineering space… because it’s there, and because I could. Made a mental note to add “gantry crane” to my LEGO Mindstorms to-build list. I did that as a kid, I do that now.

Cycled random alleys, found a treehouse.

Didn’t have to walk far for a medical appointment.

Hot-soaked a large pot of dried beans as it towered above our Beano supply. I’ll freeze most of the beans.

All set for Saturday movie night. The beer and ice cream are made within a couple blocks of our home.

On my cycle ride: northeast Minneapolis industrial profiles.

Explored North Minneapolis by bicycle using a map I’d plotted showing points of interest. This building became an orphanage in January 1919. Some of the first children to stay here had lost both parents in the ‘flu pandemic.

On our cycle ride, stopped at a temporary Walgreens pharmacy to fill a prescription. The adjacent store was damaged during the recent civil unrest and has yet to reopen.