french alliance sketches

 i had plenty of things on a to-do list and i liked how i got to most of them. one of these was seeing some sketches at the french alliance. not the first time i had went to this place in minneapolis for art in their gallery, as this summer i went there for a photography exhibit. notables to me included mention of a trail named for writer robert louis stevenson, as well as a national park in texas on the rio grande river. there was even mention of a planned community called richelieu, named for the catholic cardinal. i went there after i had a sandwich at jersey mike's. after i was done looking at the art i went to bobby and steve's and picked up a small godfather's pizza for the next day. there was some displays inside that were of the hamm's beer bear. i moved up going to get groceries at aldi to the morning, then went to the capitol and dropped off recycle. after getting back with pizza i laid down for a little while, then went to a church dinner in mendota heights. i was on their email list from attending their fish fries during lent. there was rice, kebabs, pita bread, garlic, and salad. then i went back for apple crisp, which looked like a muffin inside paper, and i presented a separate ticket for it. i spent some more time at home, then went out again, this time to sing karaoke in little canada. the customer service manager was there with her guy friend, and i sang two songs. there was 'joey' by concrete blonde, and 'good ole boys like me' by don williams. the couple sang 'SOB' by the night sweats, as well as 'pride and joy' by SRV. they bought both beers i drank, we all had grain belt in bottles. i had some popcorn as well. during my second song the 10pm news had just started and there was mention of a shooting, on the TV near the bar area, farther back than the monitor where the lyrics were. hard to ignore, but i kept singing. as the saying goes, 'if it bleeds it leads'. later on i went on a walk and found 1 dollar 36 cents. i went to the liquor store in the morning and got a can of fulton lonely blonde, and this week drank the can of natural ice with an evening meal, so there still are five beers waiting.