Over the past week, we have been luck enough to go out to three outstanding meals (yes, we're trying to lean into empty nest). 1. Forepaugh'...

I'm watching, from halfway across the country, Beatrix make new friends at college. I'm cheering her on as she gets to know them, and goes o...

This week we've been lucky enough to see two great performances! Monday night we went to Bull in a China Shop by Fortune's Fool Productions...

As well as doing more work, finishing some house projects, and spending more quality time with Patrick, I have wanted to create more. So, wh...

Patrick has been working hard all day putting things away up in the garage attic. So, since he was using the especially janky stairs a lot a...

I first knew Bain from the Children's Theater in the 1980s. We all know that "CTC in the 1980s" is its own deep statement, and I'm not going...

Rain (send some to Minnesota): Dinner at Randy and Diane's, with great company to boot: Chicken Salad Chicks: Beer and fish fry in Madison:...

It was my sophomore year of high school when I realized that my mother and I had very different plans for post-high-school plans. I went to ...

Yesterday, after a few meetings and such, we embarked on an end-of-Minnesota double-header — the Fair and a Saints game! Beatrix was with us...

Like Patrick, I am finding myself utterly crushed by the passing of Dolly Parton . And then I think about the fact that my love for her musi...

For the past couple of years, Beatrix has worked at the Rennaissance Festival, so we have not really gotten to go there as a family. She's g...

NO ONE told me that the nesting you go through when sending your kid off to college is very similar to what it's like right at the end of pr...

Some of the best experiences I have had in the recent past. Highly recommended! And you can — a nd should — do them too! 1. Saw Whimsy at ...

Is a big birthday, if not a milestone one. Especially when your kid is leaving for college in two weeks and everything is changing. So you w...

Patrick often clips my posts, so I think it's only fair that I do the same for him. https://www.patrickrhone.net/finishing-our-routine/ (pho...

Tonight, we were headed over to a dinner party at our friends' place after hanging at a circus pool party. But they had to reschedule at the...

I seem to find myself with something in my eye a lot lately. But then, so does Patrick. https://www.patrickrhone.net/living-a-lifetime/

This afternoon we all went to see the Hadestown pro-shot.  Those of you who know me well know that it might be my absolute favorite musical...

After a day filled with a lot of spreadsheets, I was happy to get some art in this afternoon! Tonight was a celebration of the nest steps fo...

I am pretty sure that this might be the moment that broke us as a state, after being so strong for so much. And knowing that, of course, peo...

Yesterday, we headed down to Northfield for a mini day-trip. I have to admit that, though I think that Sarah Lawrence is the perfect place f...

Ximena got a Lawns to Legumes grant for the backyard at Ashland! The back bed by the garage had gotten slightly, but not extremely, better s...

I had some fantastic meetings today. I had a great, philosophical lunch with my friend Robert, and then met my friend Roddie for Cozy Hour a...

I'm feeling especially protective about theater in the Twin Cities right now. The arts — and yes, especially theater — is so important to ...

There was no yoga today, so our morning exercise was marching in the Saint Anthony Park parade (which is an institution!) with our mayor, ...

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We don't skip yoga lightly, but today was the graduation party for K, who is the granddaughter of/lives with one of my oldest, dearest frien...

Poor Patrick Rhone. He's not a fan of list posts, and really photo dump posts are just a variation thereof. But today is our twentieth ann...

Ok, to be fair, I am a huge fan of everything Skewed Visions does. But even among an exceptional body of work, this one stands out. The show...

We're in that liminal phase right now where Beatrix is both an adult and still a youth.  She's old enough to get tickets for Phoebe Bridgers...

I have a lot more to say about graduation, at Beatrix's seven years at Saint Paul Academy, later. But for now I'm going to stick with: It wa...

Beatrix has spent her life attending shows that I've gotten comps to — so today, she was able to do the same and bring use to Penumbra, wher...

This week, Beatrix turned in her poster about her senior project. There was a gathering of senior parents at City House, and the kids got th...