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Chose a January date to move to our condo. Now, I can plan trips, constrained only by 30-day supplies of a tumor-suppressing medication.

Posted Bibimbap: Korean Comfort Food.

Every time I look up from my reading, I see rainbows rising up the Guthrie Theater marquee. We go there to escape, but also for plays that speak to our times from earlier times: themes of race (1968), the rise of fascism (1941), and a polluted water suppl

Showed our Pride at the HealthPartners/Park Nicollet booth. Dwight’s employer was recently named 2018 Corporate Champion of PRIDE.

Cycled to our condo developer’s office to sign off the hundreds of choices we’ve made over the past few months.

Wandered around Forest Lake while my nephews attended Bible school. I love the chaotic, corroding metal on the side of this feed store.

Helped to create our future. Today: math and language.

At the doc’s office, learned I’d lost a few pounds without dieting, per se. Meanwhile, a friend pointed out a nearby bakery that has the best millionaire’s shortbread: shortbread, caramel, and chocolate. The salt crystals are inspired. I had to indulge.

Posted Love Hotel Amenity.

It was raining, so I drove to an appointment. With all the road and bridge construction, my drive became a board game.

Walked my bike across the Mississippi on rotting boards on a rail bridge.

Tonight: MN Opera, “Fellow Travelers,” set against the witch hunts and mass firings of gay and lesbian federal employees in the 1950’s. 2017, Inauguration Day, the administration rescinded an apology to the thousands whose lives were distorted and careers ruined.

Witnessed Duckie being released to the wild at Lake Harriet.

Cycled past a work in progress under a bridge in a former railroad trench (Midtown Greenway). “We are our ancestors’ wildest dreams.”

Posted Standing at the Edge of Creation.

Explored the Old Highland neighborhood of North Minneapolis: lovely old homes and community pride.