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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hunts and mass firings of gay and lesbian federal employees in the 1950’s. 2017, Inauguration Day, the administration rescinded an apology to the thousands whose lives were distorted and careers ruined.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.

I sometimes wonder, especially on a Monday morning, what goes on in an office building. Today, I Googled this one: inside, a team of fifteen is busy creating 3D medical animations.

On our cycle ride: bar lunch at Longfellow Grill.

This plus crusty bread made a fine seasonal lunch. Minnesota strawberries are at their best right now: they’re small and flavorful. I’m convinced a strawberry is allocated a fixed amount of flavor, whether it’s big or small.

Walked to the edge of St. Anthony Falls. Minneapolis grew up around these falls. Today, they still provide hydroelectric power.

Posted A Suspicious-Looking Package.

It was time for a new tire and inner tube.

Bonus post at the Governor’s reception room at the State Capitol. Our homemade metal detector handle sticks out of my backpack. The circuit board our nephews soldered is hidden in this handle. If a guard questioned us, I promised myself I would not say we were from Ghostbusters.

Taught my nephews to solder components onto a circuit board for a metal detector.