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Recent microposts and posts at tomwilson.com
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Three Princes and a Pencil
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Posted Three Princes and a Pencil.
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Used up some items in the fridge and freezer, cooked up multiple meals: Braised radish and turnip greens with baby turnips, apple, ...and ham shank; Kidney beans, mirepoix, ...and ham shank, with (to-be-revived) polenta. There's still more ham shank in the freezer.
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Saved our files to two thumb drives. All our data is continuously backed up off-site, but about once a year I save an encrypted snapshot of the data to be retained indefinitely. At about $24 for 256GB, thumb drives are inexpensive insurance.
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Thanked a cutting board for its long service then tossed it. I should’ve done this a long time ago when the cracks appeared, but we have a history together going back 50+ years. Two replacement boards, one plastic, one teak, maintained a respectful distance.
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It's National Donut Day, but I don't need an excuse to enjoy an old-fashioned with my morning coffee. In the bag: two rhubarb fritters for Dwight and me to mark our 35th anniversary this evening.
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Meandered through Minneapolis on my bike. Got a sneak preview of a new Prince mural that "will be unveiled at a Purple Block Party" tonight.
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Dropped off a package in the lovely, but incongruous, Art Deco lobby of the main Downtown post office. We need some smart people to figure out how to repurpose this space for the 21st century.
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Three Princes and a Pencil
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Today, as I do most Tuesdays in warmer weather, I went for a cycle ride with my friend, Dave. Sometimes we like to punctuate our ride with a theme: today, our theme was murals. Or, to be more precise, murals connected with music, plus a sculpture depicting a large pencil. We thought up the idea the other week when we …
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