Must be almost spring in Minnesota, the rodents of unusual size are about.
Lots of squirrels. Red, grey, red and grey.
Pretty sure I saw a black beaver.
Lots of geese honking in the river.
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6 bicyclists on the trail. One electric. One old school Trike.
7 walkers.
4 dog walkers.
A white tailed deer and I spooked each other. Then spooked another deer. Who turned around and got back on the trail. Looked at me, looked at other deer in the woods. I moved on and it joined the other deer. Saw the same 2 deer coming back.
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Bicycled 74 Kilometers on the Root River Trail from Rushford to Lanesboro and back. Left too late to go longer. Green grass coming in slowly.
3 bicycle repair stands uncovered today.
Peterson bathrooms still closed.
No Port-a-potties yet.
Rushford's outside map placed on its post.
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Walking Shadow Theatre Company has brought Feast, a one-woman show inspired by Beowulf, back for its third run at the Black Forest Inn in Minneapolis. It is as much a retelling as it is a modern social commentary, a call to action, and an exploration of what it means to love and lose. Beowulf is an Old English epic poem likely written between 975 and 1025 CE. It tells the story of the eponymous warrior, who kills a monster, Grendel, only to be targeted by Grendel’s mother, seeking to avenge her son’s death. The mother character is unnamed, known only as “Grendel’s mother,” or by epithets such as “Grundwyrgen” (“sea hag”). Beowulf slays Grendel’s mother, is lauded as a hero, and becomes a king. In Feast, written by Megan Gogerty, we hear the perspective of the mother (who I will simply call “Mother” for the sake of simplicity and avoiding
OK #mnastodon, who's going to go see @MASTERBOOTRECORD in May?
Good food for thought on the traffic evaporation @streetsmn
https://streets.mn/2026/03/20/i-am-exactly-the-person-who-needs-i-94/