Stacey Burns
@wentrogue
Once inspired the NYT Science Times to "try harder.” Now I post about my cats from my perch in the Witch District of Minneapolis. she/her Stop an ICE-inflicted eviction:
"Seen by an outsider, the Glencoeites are a quiet, somewhat placid, extremely friendly group of people. But they have one devastating passion: lawn mowing." —Louis Malle narrates God's Country is like Agnès Varda meets the Coen Bros + a touch of Frederick Wiseman
Adrenaline > caffeine Jason tracked him to a neighbor’s yard, where he was meowing; Gerald seemed very relieved to have been found. We are just trying to get our blood pressure back down to normal, whereas Gerald has seemingly put the episode behind him.
I love the way he struts back inside and flops on the kitchen floor: insouciant. trusting. in the way.
Strib photojournalist Aaron Lavinsky has provided me with so much joy over the years
It's funny to think that between 1979, when Louis Malle first visited Glencoe for frank discussions with the town's oddballs, and 1985, when he returned for a follow-up, he made My Dinner with Andre. Malle died in 1995, but both Wallace Shawn and Andre Gregory are still around. 82 and 92 years old
When I got home from the store I realized the cashier hadn’t charged me for this beautiful, massive artichoke (Gerald for scale), possibly because they weren’t sure what it was
someone squinted to read my pin and told me they disagreed with the statement so I said, you could always just make your own button that says something you do agree with
“Lonsdale is a city in Rice County, Minnesota. The population was 4,686 at the 2020 census, w/a 2026 estimate of 5,243. A fast growing exurb of the MSP metropolitan area, Lonsdale is located 40 miles south of downtown Minneapolis.” -Wikipedia So fast growing they need side by side hardware stores!
I *think* this is one of the CCC cabins at Itasca — it’s my parents and me (I am in the backpack)
Can’t lie, the fact that y’all were making phone calls with LITERAL phones is bananas. Even worse, you had to DIAL the phone to call information and talk to a random stranger to get phone numbers??
Text from my spouse, who is in the restroom while I wait in a booth at this diner #pareidolia
TY @vegetablegremlin.bsky.social for this valuable update: youtu.be/QJURjF51LFE
Pita sandwich Chicago style: dragged through the garden, mustard, peppers, no ketchup
The Freeborn County, Minnesota timeline ends in 2020 when Governor Walz responds to the COVID-19 pandemic by issuing a stay at home order. Freeborn County had a good run.
The city of Albert Lea is named after Lake Albert Lea. Lake Albert Lea is named after Albert Lea. (I thought this name origin sounded goofy when I read it on Wikipedia a couple of days ago, but the story has been corroborated by the Freeborn County Historical Society.)
Barn swallow parent wants to chase me off so they can fill those babies’ gullets
IDK about exactly, but it looks like approximately 14 (source: Wikipedia)