Our (almost) secret fast exit from the Guthrie Theater, several floors up, after The Importance of Being Earnest. It beats the crush for the escalator and elevators. Categories: Arts Read more

Realized that a few of the bills for the clinical study I've been on had been sent to and paid by my insurance company, rather than the study sponsor. Reviewed EOBs (Explanations of Benefits) online and found $16,000 in erroneous billings to be reversed and sent to the sponsor. Categories: Cancer Read more

Emptied out our bulging travel tech box, Marie Kondo-style. Discarded half the contents, including earphones dating back to Continental Airlines and a GPS from 2001. Thanked the GPS for its service, but it was time to let it go. Retained the phone as a backup for solo travel. Categories: Travel Gear, Simplify Read more

Dinner, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Bill Charlap at the Dakota. Categories: Arts Read more

Sunset is generally the best time of day to reunite with small LEGO parts I’d dropped. Categories: LEGO Read more

At my age, who could ask for more? On my cycle ride, this biffy convention caught my attention. For the rest of the ride, I tried to think up a collective noun for such a group. A relief of biffies? A widdle? A pod ("pees in a pod")? Nah. Categories: Oddity Read more

From a conference room in a beautifully designed Minneapolis school that provides basic adult education, a view of the 1853 Minneapolis Pioneers and Soldiers Cemetery. The school is in high demand, with a waitlist of people eager to learn. Below, Lake Street was the scene of protests that turned into riots in 2020. Categories: In This Together Read more