I attended National Train Day 2026 in Duluth, Minnesota.

Someday, I might live in a house and then I will build a model railroad in my basement.  Then, I would purchase these things to build an operating model railroad.  I would take an imaginary load of grain from the rural grain elevator to the brewery.  Then, I would take an imaginary load of bottled and canned beer from the brewery to a distribution warehouse, a port dock for loading into ships, and a model railroad yard for cargo shipment to places beyond the edge of the model railroad.

I see that Union Pacific is telling people to stay safe around trains.

I found an example of a garden railroad.

Some people have a model railroad in their basement and a second model railroad in their garden.

“Only yes means yes.” – Chanel Miller

“My Body, My Rules.”

– Nicki Esler Gill

“No man is good enough to govern another man without the other's consent.”

– Abraham Lincoln

 

 “The whole argument with the anti-suffragists, or even the critical suffragist man, is this: that you can govern human beings without their consent.”

– Emmeline Pankhurst

 

“Consent is communication, and it should happen every time.”

– EMMA WATSON

 

“There is no visual way to tell if someone is giving consent or not.  The only way to know is to ask.”

– LACI GREEN

 

“The idea that 'no' is a bad word, or that someone is being difficult for saying it, is dangerous.”

– TARANA BURKE

I see that the North Pointe Resource Center (NPRC) is closed today.

There was no water in the restrooms, thus the North Pointe Resource Center is closed today.  Because of this closure, I took the bus to walk the halls of UMD.

Yesterday evening, I saw “The Little Prince” play in the Duluth East Auditorium.

This is an advertisement for the play.

This is a message to the students to be Respectful, Responsible, and Safe.  I believe in the wisdom of “Do unto others as you would want them to do unto you”.

This is the only theater stage prop on the stage that stayed in place for the entire theater performance.

 

That concludes my blog post for this event.  Since this was an enjoyable way to spend my evening, I might take in another event at East High School.

This evening, I saw “The Little Prince” play in the Duluth East Auditorium.

This is now East High School.  This is not the East High School that graduated from.  In the past, this school was a middle school named Ordean.

This is the money that I used to pay for my ticket.  This is the first time this year that I have paid for something with a 2 dollar bill.

This is the ticket and 2 cookies that I bought.

This is my banana bread.

I think that my next loaf of banana bread should be chocolate banana bread.  What is your favorite type of banana bread, such as Blueberry Banana Bread?

Piggly Wiggly! Now, that’s a name I have not heard in a very long time.

In my youth, my parents shopped for food at Piggly Wiggly.  There has not been a Piggly Wiggly in Duluth, Minnesota for a very long time.  Yet, hundreds of Piggly Wiggly stores still exist in other states.