Lightly drugged with fentanyl, I saw places on a monitor where the sun never shines. “Do you mind if a student from Normandale College watches?” they’d asked. I needed clarification, so asked what she’s studying: it could be bread making. It was nursing, so I welcomed her to the party. Categories: Plumbing Read more

Next September we'll walk with two friends along the Thames Path from Oxford ① to its source ⑥ over five days. Today I booked our hotels. Some are quite small (one has just four rooms) and few and far between. One was already booked up, so we had to juggle with dates. Categories: Travel Planning, Walk, UK Read more

I caught his attention by saying we needed a selfie to prove we were in church this Sunday morning. Of course it was a special occasion: our youngest nephew's Confirmation at Faith Lutheran in Forest Lake, Minnesota. Categories: Family Read more

Dwight sterilized soil for our next batch of microgreens, the last batch having succumbed to fungus. The kitchen was filled with an earthy scent, which was not unpleasant. He sterilizes the seeds in diluted hydrogen peroxide. Categories: Apartment Gardening Read more

While a friend drove around and around Downtown trying to find our home, I kept the fish pie I'd made for dinner in a low oven. Fish pie is good working-class food where I grew up. I used tilapia and a small amount of smoked salmon—nothing fancy, but robust when coated in a parsley sauce. Categories: Cook Read more

Walked between hardscape and softscape, passing the former 1899 Milwaukee Road Depot, now a hotel event space. Categories: Adaptive Reuse, Our Neighborhood Read more

Woke up to cloud-capped towers of Downtown. In the foreground, Gold Medal Park is putting on a fall display. Beyond the park, the Logitech-blue Guthrie awaits, where this evening we'll take in "For the People," written by local Native playwrights about the local Native community. Categories: Arts, Our Neighborhood Read more