Flippism Is The Key

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Twenty Years Ago on FITK A neighborhood grocery of my youth was the notorious “Galeno’s” Little more than a shack, it was a purveyor of pop and candy, with a few boxes of cereal and soap, toilet paper and not much else lining the shelves.

Various Vibrant Vendors…

Minnesota State Fair, September 2, 2026: Wearing o’ the green: French Meadow Maiden: Rope Wranglers: The Candy Man:

(Twenty Years Ago on FITK) Your spine rests in a smooth arch, penetrating the darkness with its soft outline.

Studio 101, Reykjavík I’ve been psyching myself up for my 11th* trip to Iceland with pics from the the last one.

… You don't know what I got!

Where I live, the surest harbinger of the end of summer is The Minnesota State Fair.

Fleeting glimpses of spectral creatures in the campfire: Fire Sprites: Fire Dragon: Fire Cyclops:

“Postcards” from Elm Island Lake, Aitkin Country, Minnesota.

Twenty Years Ago on FITK … Another Saturday night and I ain’t got nobody, I got some money, ’cause I just got paid… How I wish I had someone to talk to, I’m in an awful way" -Sam Cooke A ritual in hundreds of cultures, for thousands of years, and billions…

Iceland Airwaves, Iðno, November 5, 2025: Salka Valsdóttir and Hekla Magnusdóttir, Iceland Airwaves, 2025

Twenty Years Ago on FITK Thin strands of hair congregated like rope splinters to hang down in front of his eyes, hanging in the soft summer gravity, making me furious, twitching my hand with primal anxiety.I awaited the perfect moment to strike and it came

There is nothing like some carefully chosen yoga routines to prepare one for a long flight.

Morrison County, Minnesota, July, 1918 From the Oscar Anderson archives.

Twenty Years Ago on FITK It was a strange rendezvous, this meeting in a funky coffeehouse in Moorhead, Minnesota.

Morrison County, Minnesota, c. 1918: From the Oscar Anderson archives.

Beer party, Morrison County, Minnesota, c.1918: From the Oscar Anderson Archives.

Twenty Years Ago on FITK Google street view image of what was once Amanda Bacon's Studio Located between the Polka Dot dairy store and what was once a candy store, Amanda Bacon’s Music Studio was an anomaly.

Anoka, Minnesota, 1989: No phones needed…

My home town has a thing for summer festivals.

Icelandic chanteuse Guðrún Ýr Eyfjörð Jóhannesdóttir: Performing at Grund Senior home, Reykjavík, November 6, 2025

Twenty Years Ago on FITK Two Harbors, Minnesota, July 7, 2006 After three hours on the road (and six hours since breakfast) the need for sustenance became apparent.

Deuel County, South Dakota, c. 1995 More on Mulder’s farm…