Diane and I are making sure that we stretch every last warm and sunny day of this summer. Yesterday we went tubing in the Winooski with Ellen and Will.. today we drove up to Glover to see Bread and Puppet.   Bread and Puppet is a political tether troop started by Peter Schuman in 1963 !!! Peter was still there calling the shots.   We have gone many times over the years.. and I think todays agent was one of my favorites.

The place was jammed with folks of all ages.. but I dare say not all political persuasions. B&P s definitely for us more left leaning folks. The topics discussed today were a nice mix of fun and serous.. from political action committees, to the media to global whamming and gun violence. there were several mall events to begin… Diane and I walked around and took them in.. trying to dodge the wicked hot sun as we did. We ran into many friends from all over.. Homer and Mary .. i even ran into my buddy Paul Zaloom.. who has been associated with B&P for ages.

Around 3 The pageant began.. It  is composed of many skits.. all done using giant paper mache masks, stilts and a great band. The actors keep it fun and moving.. so colorful.. and meaningful..

Here are some pics fro the day

afterwards… as always, they handed out whole grain bread and home made aioli.. my pores are still steaming with garlic..

I left inspired and tired

Speaking of tired.. only a couple of hours to sleep.. so going now..

nite all, nite sam

-me

I have book me at eight this morning for a special event. Our neighbor Jim  and his brother-in-law other Jim were replacing the small wishing well that used to cover our 90 year old neighbor Pat’s well. There used to be a Wishing well just like it there but a couple of months ago some crazy #%^*@$ came and stole it in the middle of the night. It really made Pat mad because the Wishing well had sentimental attachment to his wonderful wife Janet who passed away about two years ago.I still can’t figure out why someone would do such a thing.

Jim… Not our neighbor Jim but his brother-in-law Jim… Found a place up north that made him a replacement it looked a lot like the old one. This time we drove some metal spikes a good 4 inches into the ground and then bolted the thing into that. It’s not going anywhere.

It’s really nice to have A little well back there. I know it’s not a big deal but I know it means a lot to pack… Guess it means a lot to me too.

Night all little well back there. I know it’s not a big deal but I know it means a lot to Pat… Guess it means a lot to me too.

Night all, night Sam

-me

I had a funny thing for today… Hangups… My phone must've dropped 10 times during work cost… Most of the time when I was trying to speak.sometimes it was because I was driving and dropped out of range. Sometimes it was because I was fumbling with my phone for switches… Sometimes it was just for no reason at all.… Weirder still, I had a bunch of video calls I didn't involve my phone at all and they still dropped. Something was trying to interrupt me the entire day.

What's that about ?!

Nite all, nite sam

-me

‘other hot and humid day. The guys are making great progress on painting the house. Today they were up painting the tower. I was glad to be not up there with them. Thats about 60 feet in the air.

managed to catch brad and pucket accidentally by surprise from the tower window. I could tell it felt high for them too !

tomorrow it will be 20 degrees cooler.. can’t wait !

nite all, nite sam

-me