Boundary

Susan's mentor and dear friend is coming to visit for 10 days from San Francisco with his husband. They are staying at an AirBnB nearby and we have been working on lists of activities to do with them and trying to book our favorite restaurants.

We managed to get tables at the two restaurants that we really want them to experience: Diane's Place and Indigena by Owamni. Two restaurants that make our restaurant food scene something amazing.

Indigena is just opening in their new spot at the Guthrie Theater tonight so the experience might be a bit raw.

We've got boat rides, art museums, a classic MN pool party with classic rock the outdoor hifi, soft serve at Cup and Cone, a play at the Guthrie, and so much more.

Hard to recommend because of the subject but this is well researched and well written.

The two brothers who choose not to escape their own traumatic childhood. Wounds big enough to consume them. Lost in their own victimhood as they traffic their own young victims. It's a complicated system that enables their behavior especially the men who support it all and idolize their twisted view of masculinity, each trapped in their own victim consciousness.

They really are their father's children. They had a choice to break the cycle and chose to continue it. To expand it.

The first amaranth of the season was at the St Paul farmers' market this morning. My favorite sautee green.

My friend John is story number 4 for this collection of stories written about REM (the band). Our friend Jen has also been asked to write a story about the band since she followed the most recent Michael Shannon cover band tour to all of the dates and is writing a book about it.

Today is Susan's 57th birthday. I was able to find Judee Sill's two albums on vinyl and both were nearly mint.