Microblog

Grateful for good dentistry: a cleaning and 6-month checkup.

Managed to stay upright on icy paths as I walked our jogging route.

Posted The Impossible Takes a Little Longer.

Bought household essentials at the Downtown Target.

Bought household essentials at the Downtown Target.

It’s beyond freezing out there, so I jogged on a treadmill for the first time in decades. For most of the run I held on for dear life, concerned I’d be launched backwards off the contraption. Then I noticed the clip attached to a cord attached to an emergency Off switch.

Built a fully working prototype of a water flow meter using $25 of parts, including an Arduino microcomputer. It behaves exactly like a meter costing ten times as much. I’ll build a “production” version of this and incorporate it into our indoor irrigation system.

Rolled out a rug we both love and took photographs. Rolled it back up, ready to go to its next home. It wasn’t making anybody happy rolled up in our storage cage.

Basil from our indoor garden, ready to garnish our dinner.

Gave in to temptation.

On my walk, fragments remained stapled to a University of Minnesota bulletin board.

On my walk, fragments remained stapled to a University of Minnesota bulletin board.

Tonight is 12th Night. Our Christmas tree waits to go to our “basement”—a storage cage two floors down.

Walked through empty corporate lobbies while running errands Downtown.

Dwight produced a satisfying rice bowl for dinner, using whatever we had to hand.

Took the light rail to Minnehaha Park. After taking the obligatory Falls photo, walked home.