Microblog

Between flights at Amsterdam Schiphol AMS. These KLM Delft Blue houses are presented to passengers flying long-haul Business. Currently, there’s 99 different models, and a new model is introduced annually. They contain Dutch Genever, which is 35% alcohol.

On board DL164, MSP-AMS. The captain is foraging for coffee, the first officer is in the toilet.

Pumped up the tires, and reacquainted ourselves with local trails: West River Parkway, North Cedar Lake, Kenilworth, Chain of Lakes, and Minnehaha Parkway. The Kenilworth Trail, shown here, will be narrower when light rail construction begins.

Set the table for a family Easter dinner this evening. The silverware is stainless steel, manufactured in Sheffield, England. My mother-in-law cut up and hemmed an old table cloth to make the napkins.

Old Man River drained the spring melt to the Gulf while we barbecued chicken and veggies.

Posted Travel Gear: Compact Trekking Pole.

Attended our 11-year-old nephew’s first communion at Faith Lutheran in Forest Lake, MN.

It was raining when I ran errands, so I walked the Minneapolis Skyway system. It took me through the dramatic lobby of the Westin Hotel. These stairs are a jewel, preserved from the time the building was a bank.

Cycled past bike share stations waiting to be deployed.

Prepared maps for an inn-to-inn hike next week.

After a lot of chopping, reduced 8 pounds of onions, carrots, and celery to mirepoix. Most of it goes in the freezer to ease the assembly of future meals.

On my walk, dogwood popped against a backdrop of weathered corrugated iron siding.

Walked to the Weisman Art Museum to explore the movement of people and belongings across the world: “Baggage Claims.”

Posted Ikigai: It Gets You out of Bed Every Morning.

Winter returned as I walked home.

Took my bicycle out for a spin before winter returns later this week.