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Recent microposts and posts at tomwilson.com
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Spring Lake Regional Park
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Our cycle route to Hastings included Spring Lake Regional Park. As expected, the trees were starting to turn, but a surprise was the amount and variety of prairie flowers. My friend’s wife met us in Hastings so we could drive back to a light rail station.
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I’ve lived longer than the allotted three score and ten, but don’t recall ever cooking with a vanilla bean. Today, I threw caution to the wind and used one in an ice cream base. It was spendy, so expectations are high.
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Hints of fall on our Sunday morning walk.
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Every now and then, when out cycling, I like to take in the latest exhibit at The Smallest Museum in St. Paul. The current show is “Paint it Before you Eat it” by local artist Lisa Burke who “loves the idea of art that can fit in one’s pocket, or in an Altoid box.”
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I don’t do bucket lists. If a place intriques me, I want to return. I reduce the pressure to do and see everything on a trip by telling myself it’s only a prototype. It’s sufficient to experience enough to whet my appetite for the next iteration, er, I mean visit. Just as well I held on to that attitude when …
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Practiced slurping ramen at Zen Box Izakaya. Earlier today, Japan's Prime Minister announced his country will be open to independent tourists, starting October 11. Two weeks after that I get to use a ticket to Tokyo purchased optimistically in February.
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At the Guthrie tonight. “Vietgone,” playwright Qui Nguyen, “a story about love.” 1975, Saigon fell, Arkansas refugee camp, … . Comedy, rap, … still processing this excellent show.
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I don't do bucket lists. If a place intriques me, I want to return. I reduce the pressure to do and see everything on a trip by telling myself it's only a prototype. It's sufficient to experience enough to whet my appetite for the next iteration, er, I mean visit. Just as well I held on to that attitude when …
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