Open House Duluth

On Valentine's day me along with a small group of people broke into a foreclosed home. We hosted a soup dinner and invited the community over for conversation about housing in Duluth.

The house has been empty for four years. The previous occupants still owned the house for the time being, so they gave us permission to be there. 

The house soon filled with 100+ people attending the event.

It was a great night. We sparked a lot of talk in the community. Some future steps to take can be:

-Ask the city to use eminent domain to claim empty houses to add to the affordable housing stock.

-Call for a city-wide review of Duluth's housing stock.

-Have the City of Duluth declare that housing is a human right.

Slide Experiments

I found a slide projector in my attic, so I started playing with it.

Then I started projecting it onto paintings.

Bang!

Aurora Borealis

At  work a coworker was talking about how the northern lights were going to be out that night and how they wanted to drive out to the country. Realizing that I didn't have to work the next day I decided to join in to the late-night adventure.

The aurora forecast seemed decent, and the weather was perfect. 

 At about 11:30 we drove around the country and eventually found a clearing where we could see the sky. 

It was super trippy. And the strength of this aurora was only a five out of nine.

Fishing

As I got into the summer swing, I realized that summer isn't ever complete without fishing. Also since I live in northern Minnesota I figured that I should take advantage of my geographical location. I bought a license(I didn't need a MN drivers license since I'm under 21.) I also wanted my mom to mail my fishing pole from my cottage, but knowing my mother I figured that it won't happen anytime soon if ever. So I bought a sweet (and cheap) fishing pole at an antique store and some tackle from a nearby bait shop. Then after dinner I walked to Hartley Pond. 

It was a perfect evening for it. 

This is my sweet pole. 

Just about everything I was catching was tiny catfish and bluegills. But I did catch a couple of small perch as well. 

After a few hours I called it quits; mostly because walking through the woods at night without a flashlight is difficult. 

Here's a short vid I made showing the sunset. 

I also used my birthday money(that I didn't spend on food and gas) on this sweet knife. A local sells it in his bead shop. 

It was made in Finland and made with reindeer antler. 

Here come the bloody part...

I haven't filleted a fish in about five years, so I kinda sucked at it. Even back then I wasn't too great. 

 Now this is where I tell you that I am reintroducing fish into my diet, but with some conditions: I will only eat fish that I caught myself or was given/served by whoever caught it. So don't expect me getting shrimp at the grocery store or ordering salmon at a restaurant. I did eat fish for about half of my time as a vegetarian, so this isn't anything big.

Now if I could actually fillet a fish there would be only four pieces. But at least there weren't any bones. Nonetheless it was delicious. It wasn't very filling, but it's okay since it was second dinner.