Microblog

Minstrels played in the gallery of a local supermarket while I bought supplies for a weekend of hunkering down from snow and extreme cold.

Walked in subzero temperatures to Sebastian Joe’s for ice cream.

Posted Imperfect Gifts for Long-Haul Travelers.

View from a Downtown bus stop as the temperatures headed back below zero. Normally I would walk, but the bus won today.

On my chilly walk today: Kenwood Park Water Tower from the Kenilworth Trail.

Today’s snow decorated our back yard.

We abandoned all fiscal responsibility: replaced bowls (cracked) and a peppermill (failed mechanism) I’ve been using since I was a student.

Looked at a reflection of the Foshay Tower from the open-air observation deck at the top of the Foshay Tower. It was completed in 1929.

Walked past Spring Lake, one of the smallest lakes in Minneapolis. It is just beginning to freeze over.

I walked through this massive door and got on with my day. Seven radiation therapy sessions literally under my belt, thirty-two to go.

Bought eclairs for my better half’s birthday. In June we devoured a box of eclairs with our nephews, seated on the steps of York Minster.

Posted about a walk I did this morning: A Carny’s Final Journey.

Two weeks ago I picked tomatoes off the vine in our garden then allowed them to ripen. Today I dried them slowly in the oven.

Rode this seasonally appropriate city bus to Downtown.

Posted Our Personal Kitchen Assistant.

This morning I craved Japanese comfort food, so I cycled out for katsudon.