I’m sitting right at the best spot in the Labor Day vacation.. far enough from last week that I’ve relxed from it.. and far enough from next week that I’m not yet stressing.. Maybe every weekend needs three days for that..

After Diane and I ran honey hollow, I spent the day puttering around the house.. .. well not so much puttering as working on a project. My buddy Scott and I are buildign a new Tesla coil for my traveling show. If all goes well this one ill be lighter, more powerful and more rugged for travel. I’ll also dance to misic. Scott came over this mornign to talk about the project. He’s helping me with the mechanical. It was great seeing himn.. He’s one of my best geek freinds.. yet I see him so seldom.. I would like to make more time for hanging out with other nerds and geekign out. In fact Scott and I have been talking about getting a local Maker Space going where nerds, geeks, artists can come together to work on high tech gizomos and tech assisted art.. Any interest out there readers ?

When Scott left I dug back into the electronics for the coils. I bought some plans,  circuit boards and components from a guy who designs this new bread of tesla coil. It’s a zillion tims more complex than the other 5 Ive built.. so it’ll take me a bit to work through it. I spent the day soldering components to the boards.. It’s a tedious process.. but somehow meditative as all repetitive things are.. It’s like chopping wood.. or running.. the rhythm of it actually quiets your mind.. something I always need.