Paul Klauda

Hitting winter's backstretch: What 6:15 p.m. looked like on Tuesday in downtown Minneapolis.

Stone Orange Tuesday evening in Minneapolis.

Minneapolis residents ended a tough week with an artistic sliding party Saturday at Powderhorn Park, including a giant bowling ball delivering a strike on pins named for world leaders.

Minneapolis rising Thursday morning.

Thanks for the repost, Max. You're right, I don't spend much time on this site.

It took the wind about an hour or so to get cranked up Thursday morning in Minneapolis.

The Strib had this printed up and waiting for fans outside the Metrodome at the end of the Anderson game. Alas...

The Sunday clouds cleared and the temperature dropped, making for a frosty, moonlit evening in Minneapolis.

The red, white and blue-lit 35W bridge in Minneapolis saluted veterans Tuesday before nature provided a stunning evening encore.

Downtown Minneapolis on the river turns it on Tuesday for the Northern Lights.

The sunrise show Tuesday in Minneapolis.

After riding to school in morning darkness last week, I saw the upside of that "fall back" time change as I pedaled Friday morning over the Lake/Marshall bridge between Minneapolis and St. Paul.

Lines of sight just before sunrise Thursday in Minneapolis.

The Minneapolis milling district delivers a moonlit moment as the sun sets Wednesday afternoon.

"Gotta have the memories," this Minneapolis voter told me.

Happy election day Tuesday from what has to be the only polling place in the nation with three world-class theatrical stages.

At work or at home, downtown Minneapolis is lights on at 5:30 Monday afternoon.

Thursday morning gets rolling in the Mill District of Minneapolis.

Thank you for stopping by, Heather!

In case you're following me through a news media list, I ended 45 years of newspapering on Wednesday, at my request. The first 35 under the "Star and Tribune" roof I'm sitting on (now a park). The last 10 in a building bonded to the Capella Tower, poking up in the distance behind me.

Now playing: Sunday evening in the milling/theater district of Minneapolis.

Poppin' fresh Saturday morning in the Mill District of Minneapolis.

Minnehaha Creek dressing spring casual Friday afternoon in south Minneapolis.

Hole in the morning sky Wednesday over the river in Minneapolis.

Sunday evening in Drippy-apolis.

As dawn breaks Thursday in Minneapolis, the moon calls it a day to rest up for its upcoming eclipsing performance.

I arrive as a damaged super senior from Tweetland with no followers. Which I presume (as we old folks do often) means I’m talking to myself.
*I’ve learned rap song that was demeaned by me Friday was “Brass Monkey”, Beastie Boys, 1986.
Now, forward to “The Bridge of Death.”

Sunday morning on the river in Minneapolis during the transfer of that extra hour of daylight.

The start, if only for a few minutes, of what is likely to be a snowy Valentine's Day over the river in Minneapolis

Moon over clearing skies Monday evening in Minneapolis.

February arrives with a splash of color over the river in Minneapolis.