Greetings from Endicott. We’re down here at Diane’s folks house to see them and to visit some other families and friends.  After a good 6 hour drive with the two boys we showed up and had a nice family xmas with dianes folks.. Then a traditiaonl dinner of Phil’s Checken House Chicken and Roma’s Pizza.

we also celebrated Victors 21st birthday.. and pat’s birthday.

The pleasure of the day was tempered with real sadness for us. our good friend Ann..N, our dear friend Linda’s mom , passed away last night after 2 years of living with cancer. She was a great , great woman. I’ll always remember her firing my potato cannon off of her back porch while well into her 70’s.

 

We went over to visit Linda, David and Andrea tonight. They were sad… and still doing OK.. they told us some good stories about Ann’s last days.. she was a real character up to time she passed.

Ann, we will miss you and remember you …

 

Tomorrow morning we’ll head back to Vermont. We’re going to try and make Chris’s Mammoth burn tomorrow night. it was to have burned on the solstice.. but weather delayed that.. If you can make Chris’s burn, you should.. it will be amazing !

 

OK.. gotta sleep now.. more from the road tomorrow

nite all. nite sam

-me