Awesome to see my Weekly Thing Seven Year Anniversary POAP highlighted in the most recent Week in POAP today. 🀩

Two decades ago when I started publishing on the web I would have never guessed that linking to websites, with no URL redirection or tracking tags, would feel almost subversive now. I now find myself delighting in adding even more links to blog posts. Creating the web I want!

I’ve gotten into the NBA playoffs a bit this year. I’m was very happy (and a little surprised?) to see the Timberwolves beat the Nuggets in game seven of their series! Let’s go Wolves! πŸ€

Tammy and I saw The Decemberists at the Palace Theatre tonight. They were great as always. What wasn’t great were our seats β€” balcony row W.

Band performing on a ornately decorated theater stage with floral backdrop, stage lights, and audience silhouettes in foreground. Palace Theatre marquee showing The Decemberists performing May 19 at 7 PM with neon vertical sign above

This Blackened Swordfish with Spanish Rice special at 6Smith was so good I came back to have it a second time.

Blackened swordfish fillet over Spanish rice with cherry tomatoes, green onion garnish, and avocado cream sauce on a white and gold plate.

Great night for Minnesota United FC v Portland Timbers! ⚽️

Fan in a Pukki 22 jersey waves a large MNUFC flag over a packed Allianz Field during a Minnesota United FC match.Minnesota United FC hosts Portland Timbers at Allianz Field, players mid-match on the pitch with a packed stadium crowd behind them.

Micro.blog just added a new feature to comment directly on a blog post on a hosted blog, instead of having to do it in the timeline on micro.blog. This also allows you to authenticate a comment using Mastadon or Blue Sky, in addition to micro.blog itself. Easier commenting now available!

While we were at Theodore Wirth we also stopped by the Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden and Bird Sanctuary and walked through the loop. It was really pretty. We’ll be back for sure.

Two white trillium flowers bloom amid ferns and leafy woodland undergrowth on a forest floor covered in dry leaves.Dense woodland floor blanketed in heart-shaped green leaves with small white wildflowers, tall trees visible in the background.Family of four smiling at the entrance gate to Eloise Butler Wildflower Garden under a pergola reading Let Nature Be Your Teacher

We visited the Quaking Bog at Theodore Wirth today. We’d never been there and I was lucky enough to have wore my Chaco sandals. If you go, be prepared for your feet to get wet. It is a cool spot.y

Girl in blue romper standing barefoot on a wooden boardwalk trail through a sunny green forest bog, with three others visible behind her.Wooden plank boardwalk crosses a small stream through a lush green forest with tall thin trees

With just one final left next week Mazie is wrapping up her Freshman year at St. Olaf. She did an amazing job in her classes and made a ton of new friends. We packed up her dorm room and moved her stuff home today. It is great to have her back home for the summer.

Young woman in a pink shirt and white shorts poses hands-on-hips, leaps in the air, then flexes in front of a stone college buildingYoung woman in a pink shirt and white shorts posing and leaning against the Hoyme Hall sign at St. Olaf College