The power to our house keeps dipping. Every few minutes, the lights dim , the stereo falters, and the computers reboot (all unplugged now) .. We cant really complain.. Thousands of folks are still completely without power in vermont after the ice storm we had yesterday…

Diane commented that the power drops we were seeing seemed pretty local to the house. She illustrated by turning on the tea kettle which dimmed all the lights. She walked outside to check and came back to tell me that the was a wire broken leading into the house

Sure enough.. Looks like the neutral line to the house snapped when the cedars near the road,froze..

We called it in to green mountain power.. They called us back a few minutes later… It was our friend keven w. you know you live in a small place when that happens… He diagnosed the problem and put us on the list for a repair tonight…. He also told me to unplug all sensitive stuff in the house….

Sensitive stuff ? That would be me, i think .. Like this house.. Im feeling a bit low powered the last couple of days.. Maybe its the weather..or unresolved stuff at work.. . Or more likely the holiday itself.. Im feeling kind of low and slow… I always seem to this time of year… I know it will pass. It always does..

One cool thing about the day was seeing all the aftermath of the ice storm.. What doesnt break you makes you prettier it seems

It is nice having max up.. We drove home through the fog and drizzle with both boys in the back..

Almost like old times…

Almost……

Nite all, nite sam

-me

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Diane woke up Today and went down to get a cuppa tea. She looked at science sheet of ice everywhere. A couple of minutes later she walked out again and found out that a tree had just fallen across our driveway. More accurately, it just gently lay down but it was sure blocking our way out.

Early to go see Diane's folks and Endicott. We were going anywhere until we moved this tree. I got my sawsall and started limbing the tree, while Diane called our friend George.George brought over a chainsaw. And with his very wonderful help We had a cleared away in about 45 minutes.

Max arrived soon after with his new dog Io. Max got to visit with his grandpa a bit as well. Then max and i headed back to the house and met everybody for dinner. It was nice being together

We're heading back early tomorrow morning so I've got to get some sleep. More tomorrowNight all, night Sam-me

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Tonight is the solstice.. The longest night of the year..and the first day ofwinter And thats feeling more true than usual, . I was really looking forward to tonight because friend chris was going to do another burn this time it was old man winter . Chris has been working for weeks to get ready for the burn HE put up tents. invited fre dancers and built this beautifulWooden creature he was going to sacrifice to the fire …

Old man winter was ready. But mother nature wasn't it seems.. The afternoon brought icy rain with predictions of dangerous icing later in the evening. Most things are closed this evening due to dangerous driving conditions. . Chris wisely decided to postpone the burn until next weekend. It was such a shame…because all the work he'd done…. There was still a nice group of folks there and some fire spinning .. .. Though i left before they began…

It will be a good time next weekend now….

Ghanks for our hard work around these burns chris.. It means very much to us !

Nite all, nite sam

-me

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I had an early morning meeting about Generator, the Makerspace that we are bringing to Burlington on Feb 1. Im very excited that the 802 will now have a space that anyone can access. Were in our final preparations before our jan 2 date when we get the keys to our new space in the basement of Memorial Auditorium. After our meeting. .. And before my work day began, chris t and i walked over to take a look at the space.. Though we'd been talking about it for months, id never seen it first hand .. Or so i thought.. We walked up the icy sidewalk to the back of Memorial and walked into the space.. Thats when i realized that we were moving into a space i knew well.. It was where we held the dinner after Sam's memorial service.. That night is a blur to me.. I do remember having a huge pot luck dinner there after the memorial …and being surrounded by family and friends.

Ive been in that space severl times since.: A craft fare, a potluck after a 242 show,, but id never associate this space with Generator,,,

Creating soemthing really good there like this Generator makerspace really makes me feel good,,,

Nite all, nite sam

-me

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