Perennial columbine blooms brightly in our wildflower bed.

Our Norway Red Maple is turning from red to green, showing crimson from lessening burgundy in the sun while glowing yellow from underneath as leaves develop. Nature does such colors.

More than a hundred Latino dancers with fantastic moves & colors in the Minneapolis May Day Parade on the way to Powderhorn Park. A long-standing community celebration of People Power & Worker/Human Rights.

Southside Battletrain belches fire in the Minneapolis May Day Parade on the way to Powderhorn Park. A long-standing community celebration of People Power & Worker/Human Rights.

Our first Dandelion of Spring, so May Day is just around the corner.

Today’s MN Star Tribune newspaper headlines are mind-boggling! UnitedHealth Group stock dropped 22% due to the annual profit estimate lowered from over $27 billion to just $24 billion. Meanwhile, hospitals are failing due to staffing costs. Why pay doctors and nurses, instead of massive profits?

Gigging the Long Tail

About to start live blogging this book project, pivoting off working title Every Job I Ever Had, now a subtitle. Premise is to review changes in late 20th Century employment and job roles.

Question now is how to illustrate the Long Tail instead of this guy…

Picked up a fave black tea at United Noodles in Minneapolis. Chinese Lichee adds a pleasant fruit flavor—almost as nice as the incredible Currant Black Tea from Grand Fete in Hudson, Wisconsin. Good alternatives to swigging my morning coffee.

Encountered this discarded sign outside a bus stop along Minnehaha & East Lake near our abandoned Minneapolis Police station.

Didn’t pay off?

Spring Equinox Sunset over East Lake Street, Minneapolis looking straight West. A bit stratified on horizon — clearer years, I capture a Yellow Ball hitting the pavements