Spontaneity and Surprise

A friend and I decided to ride our bikes to the coffee shop down the street and study. We landed at Muddsuckers Coffee on the corner of 15th and Como Avenue. It is one of my favorite coffee places around here. We had good coffee, good music, good art surrounding us, and good study time.

When we left we wandered over to Van Cleve Park, which is just across the street. The Southeast Como neighborhood was having a big party. There was live music, a tomato tasting contest, door prizes, a free meal (which was incredible), information from local organizations and businesses, political tables, U of M representatives, soccer, Frisbee...community. It was a wonderful surprise. I came home with a backpack full of free pens, stickers, a low energy light bulb, information to sign up for wind power through Excel Energy, and learned October 11th brings a series of environmental workshops down the street at Sunny Day Earth Solutions. I even got a pack of postcards with old photographs of the neighborhood and its people.

There are certainly things to be seen and experienced outside the Luther Seminary library. Thank God for spontaneity and surprises.