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Lazy Sunday: local brew (Fulton Sweet Child of Vine) and pizza.

Started planning one of next year’s hikes.

Today is the official start of our Holiday Leftovers Season. I reincarnated root vegetable mash as “panko-encrusted croquettes.”

Departed from tradition: cooked a goose on the Weber.

Cedar Lake, on my walk today: dock, brief freedom until trapped by ice.

Walked out to our neighborhood restaurant, The Kenwood, to liaise with my better half on his way home from work.

Walked to Lakewood Cemetery to explore Showmen’s Rest, the last resting place for itinerant performers. Spotted this post-truth headstone.

Assembled an application for a new passport. My current passport doesn’t have the six blank visa pages I need for my next trip.

Yesterday’s first snowfall inspired me to hang holiday lights today. We won’t switch them on until after Thanksgiving.

Posted Hidden Cities.

New hiking boots came in the mail from REI. I don’t buy the most durable boots: the boots take the beating, not my feet.

Walked with a friend to the point Minnehaha Creek enters the Mississippi in South Minneapolis.

Sun, clouds, silhouettes on a cycle ride this afternoon.

Spotted these on my walk through Uptown and around Lake Calhoun. LEGO, chalk, and Post-Its may be transitory, but the messages are enduring.

Posted My Post-Election Microblog.

Booked flights for my round-the-world journey. Choices we make in the USA directly affect the lives of people in the places I’m visiting.