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My freezing walk took me past a railroad switch. A propane heater keeps it free of snow and ice.

It was a decidedly German day: lunch at the Black Forest Inn, then the Martin Luther exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art.

Stored our minimalistic Christmas tree in a mailing tube. It’s made from naturally fallen Minnesota timber: see post.

Simple pleasure at Rustica. OK, I admit it, I also had one of their fancy pastries (a pain aux raisins).

Simplified my cyber life: transferred a bunch of Internet domains to Google Domains.

Walked to Uptown to escape to a guilty pleasure, “La La Land”.

Stood on our porch, watching the 2016 sun go down for the last time.

Walked along the near-grayscale Kenilworth Trail.

Walked with friends beside the Mississippi.

Posted A Red Solo Cup.

Lunch with friends at a new French restaurant in South Minneapolis.

Walked to lunch with a friend at Bryant-Lake Bowl: excellent, locally sourced food. Yes there really is a theater: it puts on edgy stuff.

Final visit to local pizza joint, Green Mill on Hennepin, pizza of choice for almost 40 years. New restaurant concept wins, memories remain.

Today: British Christmas cake baked by a friend visiting from the UK. Booze-fortified fruit cake, lots of marzipan, icing, evoked memories.

Pulled Christmas crackers containing flimsy paper hats, riddles and cheap plastic toys. A British tradition now available at Target stores.

Stone Arch Bridge from the Guthrie Theater, about to see “The Lion in Winter”: a 12th century dysfunctional family together at Christmas.