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Recent microposts and posts at tomwilson.com
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A freight train slowly creaked across our path. Google Lens identified these as “coil cars” for carrying large rolls of sheet metal. A Google Search for CNW 19221 brought up photographs of the actual freight car and confirmed its purpose.
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Flags were flying today over 3rd Avenue Bridge, Minneapolis: Memorial Day, 2022. Posted Reminders of War.
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Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam
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A surprise on our Sunday morning walk: Upper St. Anthony Falls Lock and Dam was open to the public. We peered into massive spaces normally hidden from us, and experienced the calm of the lock chamber contrasting with an unusually turbulent Mississippi.
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Added a 4th misting zone (M4) to our apartment garden. All the tech in the photo sits in a large, slide-out disaster pan. Normally it's out-of-sight. Misting keeps plants happy and greatly reduces the population of spider mites. You can see how the garden has evolved in a new post: As the Apartment Garden Evolves.
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Tonight we’ll walk over to the Guthrie for ”A Raisin In The Sun” where a Black family buys a house in a whites-only neighborhood. The playwright based the story on her own experience of growing up in 1930’s Chicago; it was first performed on Broadway in 1959. 1930’s Minneapolis was no better as this 2020 micropost shows. You can read …
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In a part of town where there's small businesses with names like "Ruff Love" (dog daycare) and "Eat My Words" (used books), took my bike to "Behind Bars." Splashed out on "the most puncture-resistant pneumatic tires on the market." I'm cycling hopefully, while not expecting miracles.
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Initially, I felt my pot pie was being disrespected when Dwight suggested I could toss in some carrots "going limp" in the fridge. The carrots turned out to be OK, so in they went. I have to admit, bakes are convenient for using up ingredients that may not look their best, solo, on the plate.
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We're surrounded by reminders of war. Generally, most of us get the choice to look away, but many do not have that luxury as they live with the emotional and physical consequences of war. Today, Memorial Day, I’ve been picking out old posts that reference war or its consequences. Here's some microposts that also touch on war. We are the …
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As the Apartment Garden Evolves
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Over the past three years, while Dwight has been happily tending to plants in our apartment garden, I've been regularly upgrading the technology. This is mainly my side of the story.
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