Barcelona, Where A Referendum Seven Years Ago For Catalan Independence Was Quashed By The Spanish Government.

Barcelona, where a referendum seven years ago for Catalan independence was quashed by the Spanish government. The seaside neighborhood of La Barceloneta observed Carnival one week later than the rest of the city, and young people built a memorial for the late dissident Alexei Navalny at the mouth of the La Rambla promenade. To the north, separated by an industrial wasteland, is the middle-class neighborhood of Badalona, where we caught up with an old friend and ate doner kebabs with kalimotxo (red wine and Coke).

Doors Open at Heritage, the Star Tribune printing plant

"Make me tell you something else about reading. You see this? Every time you open this you get free. Freeness up in here and nobody even have to know you get free but you." -The Book of Night Women by Marlon James

Apricot, poppy seed and s'mores hamantaschen for Purim.

The cairn terrier brought me a live one today.

Linocuts