Monday night – a Peace of the Rock

Diane, Chai  and I took a run this morning as we often do…This time I brought my camera to show everyone how beautiful it is with the Phlox in bloom.

 


Here’s where I always write Sam’s name in the ground at the ed of the trail

The veiw of Robbin’s Mutnain from the trail

Chai’s first beach.. she always drinks here..

Downwatd dog on the beach

Wet dog on the beach

Almost home !


My work day was pretty standard.. lots of meetings, lots of emails. Lots of pressure.. nothing too new. I was passably  productive.  I did have to leave around 530 in order to catch Diane’s 6PM yoga. Class was great today.. it was really hot in the barn which made everyone’s muscles that much looser. It was a good workout.

 As I left the barn after yoga I was very surprised to find that Sam’s Mayan Glyph stone  was missing. ! In it’s place was this smaller rock with the word ‘Peace’ etched in it and one of the original SamStones.. I was pretty stunned… where’d it go ? It must weigh 350 pounds… Why was this new rock here ? 

Diane came out and explained that our friend Chris C.  the stone mason that etched the rock,  had picked it up to add Sam’s name in the back. We’d planned to do that around Christmas.. but then things lead to things, the ground froze.. life moved on and we never got around to it. Coincidently I was talking  with Chris’s mom on Saturday and she must have asked Chris to do it. Very nice family..

Just as I was hearing this story, my friend Dave shoed up for our guys night out. Dave and I had been trying to find time to catch up over a beer for some time.. We went to the ‘Hen of the Wood’ in Waterbury.. the place used to be the ‘Mist Grill’.

This place was really good. Excellent food.. great setting.. really good   live music. I highly  recommend it. I had a great time talking to Dave about life, families, Sam, my work, his work, friends and everything else. We had a very helpful conversation about some o fmy ideas for scaling up the education outreach work I’m doing. Dave’ s a very wise  and far thinking guy.. I’m very glad he’s so generous with his time

I got home around 10:30 ad found Max at the computer… I showed him this cool YouTube link that my mother sent me today called ‘Women in Art‘… Watch it and you can get Art History credit.. isn’t this cool?

In  a similar vein.. my own local artisan’s had bene experimenting some more with Mary’s MacBook.. here are their masterpieces.. Enjoy !


Beautiful !Gnite all.. gnite Sam..

-me