Wednesday night – Somewhere somehow

July 31, 2014 johncohn Leave a comment

Greetings from somewhere …. I am accidentally awake in the middle of the night, so I’ll make this quick.. i was on an airport train when diane called me from Burlington to tell me that she , hannah,. brit and deb were down town a the firehouse gallery. Thanks to the wonders of code, I was able to catch thiis picture of those pretty people standing on tn Floorish..

the rest of the day was in interesting meetings… i really enjoyed both groups of folks.. here are the folks I’m workign with tonight and for the net 2 days.. really fun

i love workign with smart and nice people

nite all. nite sam

-me

Tuesday night – Remembering Elijah

July 30, 2014 johncohn 1 Comment

We all gathered together tonight at the Davis farm to remember our friend Elijah Todd Davis who died a year ago last night. I can’t believe its been a year already

We all walked into the big field in front of the house.. all bundle in sweatshirts against the unseasonable cold.. At the sign, we all unfurled our paper balloons and began to light the wax paper bricks that warm the air.

one by one the balloons filled with heat and took off into the cool still air.. it was magical..

was we watched them fill the sky we sent love to our friend and his family..

we miss you elijah.. we wish you peace

nite all. nite sam

-me

Monday night – “Can’t get no….”

July 28, 2014 johncohn Leave a comment

After a busy day I had a really nice visit with my buddy Jared. As always the conversation was wide ranging and satisfying.. but when we came to that exact point of ‘satisfaction’.. Jared shared a quote he’d just heard from the outgoing President of Israel Shimon Perez.

Perez was addressing a pro Israeli lobby group recently (don’t’ get me started on that) and was asked why Israel had been so successful in technical innovation.

He said

“The Jewish DNA doesn’t permit a Jew to be satisfied. To be satisfied is so unJewish, my God. And then if you’re not satisfied, you’re creative. You’re all the time looking how to improve things. And I don’t know a real Jewish person who is satisfied. It’s a waste of Judaism.”

What an interesting thought.. .. Lack of satisfaction as a motivation for innovation.. at some level, that’s so counter to my personal philosophy.. but.. the more i thought about it.. the more I had to grudgingly agree.. I can say that my own restlessness and insecurity about my abilities, knowledge etc has been one of the most powerful drivers for my wish to improve .. whether its something I’ve designed and built or my posture..

maybe the lesson here is to learn to go beyond that.. maybe if i could get to a point of satisfaction about myself, I could get more peace in my life..

maybe if folks like the Israelis and Palestinians could get more satisfaction. in their lives … who knows, maybe we’d we’d get real peace

nite all, nite sam

-me

Sunday night – Weddings !

July 28, 2014 johncohn Leave a comment

It was a great day for weddings.. My cousin Leslie’s Daughter Rachael got married to Parker down in Houston.. I’d hoped to be able to go, bit couldn’t make that work. From the Facebook pics I see, it looks like that was fun. I wish them both great happiness…

I also saw that our friend Sara B married Karl today here in Richmond.. Good luck to you two !!

We were happy to be able to be present for the wedding of our friends Jillian and Nathan at the Round Church today at 3. Jillian is from here, Nathan is from England, and they both live in Scotland. It was a far flung crown with folks in from England, Scotland, Indonesia, the Bahamas ans all parts of this country. It was a beutiful ceremony.. and the weather cleared just in time

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The guy who officiated was a family freind and paster from Washington. He was really good, funny and heartfelt. He said that you needed to give your spouse at least 7 hugs every day !

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Garry and Max B rang the bell after the service

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Nathan aand Jillian love mustangs.. so thats how they got to sleepy hollow

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the drink off the day was Pimms.. which we used to drink when we lived in the UK many years ago

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the wedding party was in the beautiful round event hall at sleepy hollow.. we even got a rainbow after a short burst of rain in an otherwise well mannered day.

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