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Recent microposts and posts at tomwilson.com
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On a cycle ride up one side of the Mississippi to I694, then down the other side: a new riverside park, Graco Park, was taking shape. By many metrics, Minneapolis has one of the best park systems in the nation, helped by property tax levies ($79 million in 2023). We call it our country club.
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Autumnal ride home after getting a ’flu shot in one arm, and a Covid booster in the other.
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Mailed two identically marked ballots for the midterms. One was mine.
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Our Sausage Saturday always includes a movie with ice cream in the intermission. Tonight: homemade vanilla bean ice cream, nicely paired with a thoughtful gift from a friend who spotted my Cult Cookies post last week.
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Falling Down a Rabbit Hole
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Spent way too much time adjusting my Website's home page. It can be challenging to get pages to display adequately for different screen sizes: I favor Responsive Design where the system figures this out for me. Sometimes, I tweak for certain screen sizes, falling down the Adaptive Design rabbit hole.
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Watched regional jets take off from runway 12L while, simultaneously, mainline jets used runway 12R on the other side of the terminal. My annual ride to MSP.
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A Hiking Theme for Each of Japan’s Main Islands
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Hiking doesn't need to have purpose apart from the obvious act of putting one foot in front of the other while staying upright. Sometimes, though, I like to have a theme underpinning a hike. For example, here's themes I've taken up for each of Japan's main islands. Kyushu: Matsuo Bashō, 17th Century Traveler and Poet.Shikoku: 88-Temple Pilgrimage.Kyushu: Olle Hikes.Hokkaido: Isabella …
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A Hiking Theme for Each of Japan's Main Islands
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Hiking doesn't need to have purpose apart from the obvious act of putting one foot in front of the other while staying upright. Sometimes, though, I like to have a theme underpinning a hike. Here's a hiking theme for each of Japan's main islands. Kyushu: Matsuo Bashō, 17th Century Traveler and Poet My go-to guide is Bashō's The Narrow Road …
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