It rained and the Twins lost at home for the first time

Today's photo is the Minnesota Korean War Memorial on the Capitol grounds in St Paul. It commemorates a war that ended when I was still a youth, living in the great white northern part of the state. It's the war that gets little attention these days - just too many other more recent ones to concentrate on, I guess. It's a nice sculpture and moving when one sees it, but so far hasn't stopped the human need to engage in warfare about every generation.



It was a rainy day today. There was no tennis scheduled, and I tried to get in a nature walk at Hidden Falls. I just arrived and started to walk along the river, watching the few fishermen on the riverbank, when the rains came. I got a little wet getting back to the car, but I did not melt. I guess I needed a rest day and I managed to get one.

The princess is done with her jury duty stint. She was selected for a jury and served. She did her duty as citizen. The two day criminal trial ended in acquittal. It was a pretty good story when she came home and told it to me. It was a drug possession charge in which the state failed to prove their case beyond a reasonable doubt. You may hear more about the trial, if she decides to blog about it. It's not my story.

The Twins lost to Boston 6-3 in a home game - the second of the new season in their new ball park - that pretty much ignored the rain.