some of the sights in Jordan community of north Minneapolis

I slept about 10 hours last night. It's nice to catch up on missed sleep.

I've had photos from the neighborhood that I've kept for a few months without posting. Here's that chance finally. There's nothing "major", but plenty of minor things I found of interest.

Click to see ten photos (click photos to enlarge) and read about some of my walks in the neighborhood...

I live on Morgan Avenue in north Minneapolis. Here are some signs that were on Morgan near my house. Someone defaced stop signs to say either "Stop Israel" or "Stop Cops". The fire station in the background of that first photo is the one I mentioned that has the 24-hour opioid addiction recovery office.

Also a kind of rainbow flag for the Minnesota Lynx, a local basketball team of women. This flag is about a block away. It is the only rainbow flag of any kind that I know of in my neighborhood.

When I walk to the University of Minnesota Physicians clinic near my house, I see some interesting signs.... like Communist organizing posters on a street pole. I agree with the "Down with the two parties" message. I think I'm not, however, a communist, although I think we might actually be developing technology that would make such a system workable.

Across the street from those signs is this new one for the Great Northern Greenway, a bicycle/running trail which passes about half a block from my house.

Inside the clinic itself is this poster for the Black Community COVID-19 Hotline. The poster asks, "Is your family struggling with the effects of COVID-19?" It hasn't gone away, folks, but you know that fact already if you're still reading my blog.

A few blocks farther north is the corner where the new Colonial Market has replaced the former Aldi's grocery store. This new grocery includes a restaurant inside. I've had several of their burrito bowls. They're pricey, but there is a lot of food in it. The meat ones have too much meat. I'd gladly trade some of it for more veggies. I do, of course, like their vegetarian burrito bowl. It has plenty of the veggies in it. The plaza signs outside the store entrance mention a "Hub for Nonviolence & Safety". I'm not certain, but I think that's the office for the Jordan Area Community Council, and I haven't been to meetings in a very long time. Sadly, there's already a police solar-powered cart with a tall camera on it, sitting in the parking lot outside the new grocery. I really hope that grocery store stays, but I see too few people inside it whenever I go for food.

During a ride in the micro-route bus to the bigger Cub Foods grocery (I still need to go there for the pharmacy for my blood pressure pills), the bus passed this interesting location on Lowry Avenue. Of course, the "Freedom" sign makes it immediately suspect, since that's a bit of a conservative conspiracy theory indicator. The signs for "Jail Gov Walz" and "No Vax" don't disappoint that assumption. It takes all kinds around here. Like most metro neighborhoods, we've got both MAGAts and communists in our mixture of people.

So... nothing earth-shattering to report at this time. Just the flavor of my Jordan neighborhood of north Minneapolis.