It's just after 7:00 am, and I'm watching the sun disappear behind some darker clouds. The light is still strong and just warm enough to balance the cool breeze blowing on my face. Rain is likely today. You can taste it in the air. You can see it in the horizon, and smell it. Well most of us Minnesota people can. It's something you grow up inherently learning how to read....the weather. A Minnesota person can usually tell you if it's gonna snow, when it's gonna rain, and how humid it is outside by standing outside a few minutes and looking at the clouds. There are even some of us that can tell you how much time you've got before the rain is gonna drench you by simple licking then end of our index finger and putting it in the air! It's true. We are pseudo weather experts. Ya have to be in the transitional weather seasons of Minnesota. Hahaha.
So today, I have an umbrella, my sunglasses, some bug spray, and a rain hat..just in case I get to go grilling later. It's Saturday, and I might make it to a karaoke stage somewhere here in the Cities, which I was gonna do last night, but I passed out on the sofa after two margaritas...big ones (medium ones.). I'm a light weight with some hard liquors. Hence, the soft-serve chocolate dipped cone...my sober up remedy!
The streets were less busy than I anticipated last night, and then I remember this is the weekend people go "UP North" to the "cabin" so they can do yard work, day drink, and share a few dogs over a bonfire. Ahhh. Yesss. It's the beginning of the Summer season, and the smell of burning wood has already started to mark the air with that all too familiar scent and sound of crackling wood; it brings back memories of holidays past, places far away, and people...people we love to be around or that are no longer with us... Skinny Love by Bon Iver
I usually canoe down the St. Criox in Taylor's Falls this weekend and do some tent camping, but not this time. This year, I'm grilling with the locals and staying in town where I can hit a few birds with the same stone. It's my last weekend here for a while, and I want to remember why I keep coming back and why I'm leaving it....again. The bitter-sweet love of the Home Land. I always tell my guy friends in Cali that, 'in Minnesota..all you have to do is close your eyes, spin around a few times, and reach out and grab a gal. Chances are she's beautiful, down to Earth and potentially interested." They laugh at me when I say it, but then think about it for a bit as if maybe...this is the answer that they've been looking for considering. This is almost true! LOL. That's the news from Minneapolis "where all the women are strong, the men are good looking, and the children are above average." G.K.
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