Monthly Archives: June 2014

Friday night – schools out , schools out.. teacher let the monkeys out

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Today was Gabe’s last day of high school.. which makes it our families last day of public school.. at least until grandkids. I put a note on gabe like we did on his first day of kindergarten in case he got lost.

 

. Between the three kids that means 21 years of backpacks, breakfasts and busses…we just did the calculation.. 21 years times 18 days of school – thats 3780 breakfasts.. thats a whole lot of oatmeal… actually, make that 3779.. because neither diane nor i had time to make gabe breakfast today.. he had to wing it for himself.

 

 

i had n incredibly busy day..though i was feelign incredibly lazy..

 

diane pried me away from work aroudn 6 to take a walk alog the river.. the flowers were stll there.. looking very monet like.

 

just before 9 pm, gabe had n idea of soemthign to make for a freind.. so we all headed down town. Diane met up with deborah. ellen, brit . hannah and nate, while gabe and I wen to use the laser cutter at uvm..

while I was settin up the laser, gabe turned on the light in the 3d printer.. and guess what.. someone was printing a SamStone. How cool is that ??

 

after finishing our project, gabe made these cool plywood peace igns wiht the laser.. this thing is really amazing !

 

ok.. more tomorrow.. can’t keep my eyes open now

nite all nite sam

-me

 

thursday night – dame rockets

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Took my camera on my run today with the girls.. I wanted to capture one on of the great natural events of spring.. the blooming of the phlox.. or ‘dame rockets’ as we call them. two months ago the floor of the rivershore trail was bare sand.. then up came the ferns… then finally the dame rockets. . the woods are full of purple , pink and white.. and the smell is incredible.

 

 

the girls love the flowers too !

 

Flowers aside, here’s a few views from our everyday-ish morning run..

 

I feel blessed to live in such a beutiful place

-nite all, nite sam

-me

Wednesday night – first last

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Just back from gabes lacrosse game.. His last high school lacrosse game…ever .. Strange feeling. I've truly loved watching him and his brother play since middle school. He's so graceful and fast… How many days have we sat in broiling sun, rain, cold and watched him and his team sling that ball around

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I think thats the first 'last' i can think of in his transition to college. Last test, last high school prank, last etc…. Its a good thing.. These transitions.. Still, i cant help thinking about them and marking them. Its my nature..

Gabes stick broke tonight.. Its almost poetic that it did

 

Time to start thinkign about first 'firsts'

 

Nite all, nite sam

-me

 

Tuesday night – Shavuot

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I was talking to my freind Leo this afternoon and he reminded me that tonight Is Shuvuot (שבועות‎) the Festival of Weeks… . It is when Jews mark the giving of the Torah at Mt. Sinai . There are some cool and crazy customs around Shuvot.. My favorite one..  is that you are supposed to take of work.. and goof off.. (if praying in the synagogue can be called goofing off) You’re supposed to eat rich dairy foods like cheesecake and blintzes .. and ‘make merry’.  to celebrate the gift of Torah. . And you read he book of Ruth . What’s not to like ?

My favorite custom is that you’re supposed to stay up all night and study Torah.. I remember this because last time I actually even partially observed Shuvout was at the Continental Club in Austin Texas sometime in the late 90’s.. I was with my good buddy Brian .. we’d gone to see a feind of his play. We were listening to a bluegrass  klezmer band  (yes.. thats right ) i like called ‘The Bad Livers‘ ..At some point I realized that most of the folks in the club were jewish.. and one of them shouted ‘It’s Shuvout’ Party all night.. so we did (allmost)

 

Celebrate the book Ya’ll ! Study all night !

 

nite all, nite sam

-me