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hunts and mass firings of gay and lesbian federal employees in the 1950’s. 2017, Inauguration Day, the administration rescinded an apology to the thousands whose lives were distorted and careers ruined.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

Cycled to the middle of the Mississippi on a former railroad bridge. The rest of the bridge, a swing bridge, has been removed.

Walked on a boardwalk between two appointments. These wetlands are within the campus of Methodist Hospital, near Minneapolis.

Today is our anniversary. Celebrated 31 years together by spending almost six hours in the ER. After an EKG and an MRI, the culprit is probably something low-tech: low potassium, no big deal.