Fun and busy day .. I did something really different today. I was interviewed by Fran S. for a show called Connect on Vt Public TV. It was a really fun experience. The folks at VT OBS were really nice and fun to work with. First was make up (ewwww)

then down to the studio..

Fran is great at her job. it was fun and ‘comfortable She asked great questions about IBM, the maker movement, STEM outreach.. and about 10 other topics..a ll in 26 minutes. She even did a short portion on  Sam.. and SamStones. which I appreciated very much. 

It was over before I new it. After a quick jump in the shower to wash off the goo. I was out the door.. I got to spend the rest of the day hanging out with diane.. which was really nice ..

Our last stop this afternoon was Echo where we got to watch a test run of Lake Brite. The project that Generator folks have been contracted to do for Echo based on a very generous grant from Google. ..DIane and I were at Skinny Pancake when we saw them spark it up.. It’s so beautiful .. it’s 10 x 10- x 50  (=5000) lights.. and weights 3500 pounds

ok.. hot bath beckons.. more tomorrow..

nite all. nite sam

-me

Day two of vacation.. and I’m successfully easing in. Despite a few work calls and some email traffic, i as able to largely turn off work. We spent the entire day at home.. modulo a beautiful run up Libbys Lookout with the dogs..

It was wonderful spending the day here and ticking of change of season chores.. i replaced  the vacuum and dryer vent covers, calked the neater outlet in the barn, took down the trampoline, cleaned my shop a bit..  by the end of the day our outside care list had disappeared..

I also got some good time to (mostly ) clear my huge email backlog.. I’m down to less than one page of emails down from several hundred . That allowed me to (nearly) clear my weekly work white board

now to clear the giant white board in my head..

My thoughts are on the week ahead.. Saturday is the day we mark Sam’s passing. Today the necklace I wear always with Sam’s name in Mayan broke. No trouble.. i caught it and put it on a new string.. 

We will be having a gathering for Sam on Sat Nov 21st. at 1PM we will all climb Bolton Mountain ..  afterwards, everyone is welcome at the house for a potluck and SamStone  making. Please come if you can.. and pass on the invite to friends who would be interested. It will be good to be together .

Here’s the invite.. https://www.facebook.com/events/1489343421361782/

Nite all, nite sam

-me

First day of vacation.. but i really didn’t take it off fully . I was doing some filming with the IEEE about their DIY Project contest,  (https://transmitter.ieee.org/diy/) which I’m helping promote . It was fun working with the  team from Finn Partners.. Liz, Callahan and Tom have been u where before. We filmed, reviewed submissions to the DIY contest and did some experiments inspired by the submissions.

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still managed to be following email from work.. i don’t feel really on vacation yet..

let’s see how tomorrow goes.

nite all, nite sam

-me

Gabe’s an officer in the UVM Ski and Snowboard club. They decided to have their annual dinner her at the house tonight. It was so fun !> Diane made a full thanksgiving dinner with all the trimmings.. It was great meeting the other officers.. They had a really great meal.. and a great time 

bacon wrapped green beans anyone ?

then gave and I did a little pyrotechnics. for them..

pottasium permganate and glyerine spontaneously computed to which lit a fuse

that lit a pile of ammonium dichromate which made a volcanno  which lit a fuse

that lit a pile of Zinc and suffer to make a huge green flash that lit a fuse that

lit a bunch of pyrodex in a can under a big pile of creamer coffecleaner with titanium and iron dust in it..

it worked beautifully !

then we had some fun with he flame puffer 

and gave did some rope dart 

finally a group picture..

really nice nite

nite all, nite sam

-me