56\u00a0 bar steep fall 29.97 1mph NNW Spring<\/p>\n
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More trees survived.\u00a0 Two White Pines planted near the road have made it through their first winter as well.\u00a0 I love seeing plants grow, but there is something different with trees.\u00a0 They alter the landscape and create memories.\u00a0 I suppose grass does, too, but not in a way that I like much.\u00a0 Yards have not made sense to me for many years and I hope this year or the next might be the time when we finally rid ourselves of the damned thing and put in something more attuned to the land and to possible benefits to us.<\/p>\n
Forgot to mention during that during our business meeting we have tentatively decided to go ahead on the generator.\u00a0 As\u00a0 climate change acclerates and more and more housing gets built up out here, our exposure to significant periods of power loss grows.\u00a0 We’re trying to sequester certain large cash expenditures in these last years of Kate’s employment, so they will be out of the way after she retires.\u00a0 We also have a car fund that will have enough money\u00a0to purchase\u00a0a hybrid the year she retires.\u00a0 These are, in many ways, peace of mind issues, but no less important for that.<\/p>\n
We got the annual notice from the vet about the dog’s physicals.\u00a0 Something to look forward to.<\/p>\n
At 3PM I’ll leave for the University to attend a lecture on sprawl by Robert Bruggeman.\u00a0 I bought his book at the Walker last week.\u00a0 Since I live in sprawl by almost any definition, I’m interested in understanding it better.\u00a0 He has a different drummer approach, taking a historical look that emphasizes sprawl as a natural occurrence related to urban development.\u00a0 This makes sense to me since I know the Minneapolis story includes “sprawl” that is now the neighborhood surrounding the Minneapolis Art Institute, Kenwood, and several of the neighborhoods south of the city along Chicago, Portland, Nicollet, Lyndale and other streets.\u00a0 His question is how to separate “good” sprawl from “bad” sprawl.\u00a0 More on this later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
56\u00a0 bar steep fall 29.97 1mph NNW Spring \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Waning Crescent Moon of Winds More trees survived.\u00a0 Two White Pines planted near the road have made it through their first winter as well.\u00a0 I love seeing plants grow, but there is something different with trees.\u00a0 They alter the landscape and create memories.\u00a0 I suppose grass … Continue reading Is There Such A Thing As Good Sprawl?<\/span>