73\u00a0 bar falls 30.07\u00a0 1mh ENE\u00a0 dew-point 48\u00a0 Sunny, pleasant<\/p>\n
New Moon (Thunder Moon)<\/p>\n
The little red car has its new head.\u00a0 Phhew!\u00a0 Even so, new heads require inspection to be sure their connections are good, so it won’t come home\u00a0 until Saturday.\u00a0 Too bad we don’t inspect the heads of decision makers as well.\u00a0 Say, hmmm.\u00a0 Bush. Cheney.\u00a0 Rumsfeld. Each one of this trinity of corruption and incompetence has a bad leak somewhere, for sure all their ethics escaped their heads long ago.<\/p>\n
Kate and I had lunch at Saji-ya in St. Paul.\u00a0 This is an old hangout for me, but I hadn’t been there in several years.\u00a0 They had redecorated.\u00a0 When I mentioned it to the host, he said, “Oh, 3-4 years ago.” Sashimi is a great lunch, light and healthy.\u00a0 Kate had her usual tempura.<\/p>\n
We both agreed that if we ever moved back to an urban area that it would be St. Paul.\u00a0 It has leafy streets, older homes, distinct neighborhoods and a generally laid back approach to urban living.\u00a0 The main large avenue, Summit Avenue, has a long, relatively intact stand of Victorian homes, many large enough to qualify as mansions.\u00a0 Rice Creek Park, which has the Ordway Center (music and performing arts center), the central Public Library, the James J. Hill Library, the St. Paul Hotel and the Landmark Center (former federal building) remains my favorite urban space.\u00a0 The center city is compact and contains many buildings from the turn of the century (the last century) so modernism has not stained its skyline as it has Minneapolis.<\/p>\n
The St. Paul Chamber Orchestra plays the kind of classical music I love.\u00a0 The state capitol and the main government offices are just up the hill from downtown.\u00a0 The Mississippi river winds through its heart and, as a result, the street system has a charming eccentricity.\u00a0 Many people from Minneapolis claim they can’t drive in St. Paul.\u00a0 Too confusing.\u00a0 I have the same problem in the western suburbs.<\/p>\n
We’ve had another money meeting with the woman I think of as our financial strategist.\u00a0 She helps us with the practical side of money management and she is very good.\u00a0 After a period of lackadaisal attention to the financial aspect of our life, we have developed a steady routine, a consistency that has allowed us to build up cash reserves, save plenty of money for retirement and still enjoy travel, taking care of our family and our home.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
73\u00a0 bar falls 30.07\u00a0 1mh ENE\u00a0 dew-point 48\u00a0 Sunny, pleasant New Moon (Thunder Moon) The little red car has its new head.\u00a0 Phhew!\u00a0 Even so, new heads require inspection to be sure their connections are good, so it won’t come home\u00a0 until Saturday.\u00a0 Too bad we don’t inspect the heads of decision makers as well.\u00a0 … Continue reading Ethics Escaped Their Heads Long Ago<\/span>