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After hiking Palm Canyon for several hours, it was back to our hotel for a nap. Night fell, dinner enjoyed, then, just tonight, the nightlife. After one beer in a piano bar for “friends of Dorothy” it was time (6:20 p.m.) to walk back for a cup of tea, birthday cake, then sleep.

Hiked the South Lykken Trail above Palm Springs. Steep climb, lovely views, well maintained trail.

Walked to a trailhead two blocks from the main drag of Palm Springs, then started climbing.

The sun rose over MSP while we waited to board our flight to Salt Lake City, en route to Palm Springs, California.

Airside at MSP. Learned our connecting flight was delayed, and wouldn’t arrive at our destination until almost midnight Pacific. Changed the flights at no cost via the Delta app to tomorrow morning, then rode the LRT back home.

Walked along University Avenue, a road from Minneapolis to St. Paul, looking at old buildings and specialized businesses. Spotted a reptile store, a bartending school, and a cat furniture showroom. The former Mutual Service Insurance building in the reflection was built in 1956.

Played with my Lego.

Walked our running route.

Emily cut my hair then Dwight’s. She’s been cutting our hair for thirty years.

Our first microgreens harvest, just in time for Thanksgiving dinner.

Winter arrived overnight. It’s a good day to cocoon.

Spotted these at the Andersen Library, University of Minnesota. Also on display was a thoughtful letter from a 19-year-old to the author (both female). The author’s response was condescending, rude, and oblivious to the changing world of the 1970’s.

Posted Imagining Art.

An advertisement for Newcastle Brown Ale peered out between brush below Annie’s Parlour in Dinkytown, Minneapolis. Managed to walk past Annie’s without popping in for one of the huge hot fudge sundaes they’ve been serving for fifty years.

Jogged slowly under Hennepin Avenue Bridge.

The nonstick was wearing thin on my favorite pan, a flat-bottomed wok, so I replaced it today. We could live well with just this one pan and a bamboo steamer.