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Recent Microposts and Posts at tomwilson.com
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On my Shikoku 88 temple visits, I have a tradition of photographing the temizuya (purification stations). Here's the crop from my most recent trip to Japan.
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Posted Temple Plumbing 2024 about four temples on the Shikoku 88 Pilgrimage I visited this year.
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Bill Charlap Trio at the Dakota this evening. American Songbook, Gershwin, Sondheim, … . Perspective for earlier in the day when the focus was on being randomized into a clinical study.
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This afternoon, a relaxed chamber music concert highlighting members of the Minnesota Orchestra in smaller ensembles. The program was a mix of old and new, with a modern socially conscious American piece by Kevin Puts, Credo (new to us), sandwiched between works by Rossini and Brahms.
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Categories: Downtown Minneapolis, Arts
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(Not Quite) Minimal Backpacking
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Soon we'll be hiking inn-to-inn in California. We'll stay 3 nights in a fake British pub with no tea kettle in our room. Confirmed this minimal (8 ounces) setup reaches the ideal temperature range for coffee (195-205°F). The kit includes Japanese-style filters, a trusty aluminum mug from my teenage years, and two slightly younger plastic cups (about 36 years old).
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During my bike ride, paused on the Stone Arch Bridge to take in this much-photographed view. Starting Monday, the bridge will undergo maintenance and repairs for the next two years, with half the bridge closed at a time.
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Categories: Cycle, Our Neighborhood
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On my way into my Thursday gig, I was reminded I could've come by bike rather than bus. Later, during a phonics class focused on the short "o" sound, I had to concentrate on repeatedly using the American "aw" sound instead of reverting to the ingrained British pronunciation.
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Downloaded files from our cloud service to an encrypted 256GB thumb drive which we will keep permanently. Doing this periodically is some protection from worst-case scenarios like being permanently locked out of the cloud service.
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