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Posted Japan 2019.

Prepared the final meals for Tip-the-Fridge Week: strata, ready to bake; risotto patties, ready to fry; vegetable soup. Stale bread, leftover vegetables, homemade stock, and leftover risotto all came from the freezer. I used up all our eggs and most of our milk.

Stood for human decency with many thousands of Minnesotans outside Target Center, Minneapolis. Inside, the president had a different agenda.

Posted Opportunity for All.

It will be 2020 before I can be a tutor again in the basement classroom with a fireplace. The 105-year-old building is about to close for a few months for renovation.

On our energetic cycle ride, Surly Brewery appeared just in time for lunch. Our quinoa salad bowls were excellent, as was the beer.

Tip-the-Fridge Week, Day 2. Baked four-cheese mac and cheese. Had five cheese-ends been loitering in the fridge, it would’ve been five-cheese mac and cheese.

It’s Tip-the-Fridge Week. You can hide a lot in a pot pie.

Posted Snapshots: Superior Hiking Trail 2019.

We’ve walked beside several wild rivers this week. Temperance River towards the end of our final hike before we head home tomorrow.

Fungi clustered, we hiked.

The first part of our hike took us past several waterfalls as Cascade River tumbled towards Lake Superior. The trails were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930’s. I’d applaud the return of the Corps.

On our hike, today, looking towards Lutsen and Lake Superior.

Today we were fair-weather hikers. When there was a pause in the rain, we took to the trail.

Blue daubs guided us, as they do every year around this time. Superior Hiking Trail near Lutsen.

Loaded maps into my Garmin. We’ve planned a bunch of hikes in the coming weeks.