We woke this morning to an automated phone call from the school telling us that the school buses couldn't get through on route 2 between Jonesville and Richmond. I was confused at first because the same route had been closed yesterday because of flooding. it turned out there had been a major fire at the Andrews Farm barn right near Richmond. It had burned to the ground. The blaze started around 5 AM and was reported by someone driving by. By the time the fire department got there the barn was totally engulfed and was a total loss. Thankfully, no one or no animals were injured in the blaze.

It's a really sad when we lose a historic building like that. The barn was currently being used for food processing. But for many years it was a working farm owned by Mary Jo and Everett Andrews. Both of them passed away in the last 10 years or so. They were great couple. I remember Mary Jo showing up at our house to talk about the archaeological finds that came out when they built the bridge across a Huntington River near our house. She was very interested in history and talked about the bear bones and pottery that was found within hundred yards of our house back in the 80s.

Sure who owns the Andrews farm now but I'm sorry for their loss. It makes me sad to see things like this go… It's impermanence… It's entropy i guess.

Night all, night Sam
– Me

Heres a couple of photos. Of the plays from WCAX Hope they don't mind me posting them here.

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