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Aki’s Maki Flip!

Pic posted May 10, 2023

We fawned over Aki’s Maki Flip! #TwoDots


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Good fries today, clown 🍟 🀑

Pic posted May 9, 2023

ClownApp pre-order, then they bring it to your table πŸ‘


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I think Wisconsin had some storms

Pic posted May 9, 2023

Those big, tall puffy clouds are really something


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No surprise, first on the scene

Pic posted May 8, 2023

Dandelions are friends, not weeds 🐝


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🫑 Lutsen Mountains Updates

Posted May 7, 2023

In relatively hard to find news, Lutsen Mountains’ last day of the season was April 16th (even though the webcam shows lots of snow still around). They are also replacing the 10th Mountain Chair on Eagle Mountain with a new “Raptor Express” lift (size and type unknown). This project appears to be different than anything in the expansion plan that is still awaiting a decision from the U.S. Forest Service. WTIP reports this should now be announced this summer.


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Link: RIP Jim Wolford, 1968-2023 πŸ’œ

Linked May 7, 2023


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UMD Graduation Trip, Part III

Pic posted May 7, 2023

No swimming, Kitchi Gammi Park, seagulls like donuts, flowers for the graduate, celebration dinner @ At Sara’s Table Chester Creek Cafe


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UMD Graduation Trip, Part II

Pic posted May 7, 2023

Just a lovely ceremony @ Amsoil Arena in Duluth


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UMD Graduation Trip, Part I

Pic posted May 6, 2023

Fun drive up: Donut Hut, Gordy’s, Duluth Farmer’s Market, William Irvin, Canal Park


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Lunch with the Kohners @ Maverick’s

Pic posted May 5, 2023

Great to catch up with the family


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More of this in the world 🌈

Pic posted May 5, 2023

The mystery neighborhood spreader of joy is back


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The Death of Randy Fitzsimmons

Pic posted May 5, 2023

New music from The Hives (still on our “to see” list). Single out now, full album in August. Random tour dates, but nothing close so far…


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Latest habit: streaming WDGY 🎢

Pic posted May 5, 2023

The Original Rock and Roll Station is available on Apple Music


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Mud Grant is so cute πŸ·πŸ’œ

Pic posted May 4, 2023

Saints lose to Nashville in 10 innings, 10-8


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Pre-game Dinette πŸ’― ⚾️

Pic posted May 4, 2023

Way better food and drinks than in the stadium – new bar seats, bramble cocktail, fromage and spam & peas


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Carver Lake Park back in action πŸš΄β€β™‚οΈ

Pic posted May 4, 2023

All of the tree damage has been cleared, the snow has melted and all of the trails are now open (with great riding conditions)


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Link: Mozilla.Social & the Mozilla Manifesto

Linked May 4, 2023


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In the Maritime Sailors’ Cathedral, the church bell chimed ’til it rang twenty-nine times, for each man on the Edmund Fitzgerald…

— The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald

Quote posted May 3, 2023


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Happy Hour with CS

Pic posted May 3, 2023

Cloverleaf Bar & Grill, Newport, Minnesota


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Burger Dive Trivia Night

Pic posted May 2, 2023

The Wedge Burger πŸ’―


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Warming up again outside

Pic posted May 2, 2023

Now we just need that wind to die down a bit…


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🫑 Four interesting music finds

Posted May 2, 2023


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RIP Gordon Lightfoot, 1938-2023

Pic posted May 1, 2023

Gordon Lightfoot at Fortune Bay Resort Casino in 2013. He was really nice to everyone (and sounded great)


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Lilac’s Landscape

Pic posted May 1, 2023

Come put down your roots in Lilac’s Landscape. Country living has become second nature! @TwoDots


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🫑 Monday Musings

Posted May 1, 2023

  • Somebody forgot to renew their Nitter cert yesterday
  • My Mastodon feed is much better after pruning a few people
  • The Wild are in good company – didn’t expect Boston and Colorado
  • This May Day wind is outrageous – the house is literally rattling
  • Hope Saint Paul decides to reopen Shepard Road soon

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