Today I got to spend some time with my freind Seth. his brother Stefan died 4 days ago . You can read about Stefan here http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/burlingtonfreepress/obituary.aspx?n=stefan-pierson&pid=175999230 Stefan lived with cancer for  four years .  .. I just stopped myself from using the normal words there ‘battling’ , ‘fighting’.. because what Stefan did s live with it.. Throughout his disease he kept pushing forward.. when he got the prognosis last year that his cancer was terminal, he decide to go to the World cup in Brazil.. then he got married.. he was living ! .

Today Seth and Hannah met me at the generator. A friend of Stefans had made a beautiful Maple box to hold Stefans ashes. Seth wanted to put Stefans face and a quote on the top. Luckily there were serval folks in the Generator that new the Laser better than we did .. (Thanks Gemmi, Brooke, Alex)..  We had only hd one chance to get it right on the box itself.

Hannah did the photoshop to get the contrast right

we tried a bunch of different combinations of power, speed, dithering styles and resolution on wood scraps.. the thought thing is.. all wood responds to the laser differently

we had quite a crowd at times.. folks understood how important this was to Seth and his family .

finally we were ready to go

It really came out great.. it made me really happy and really sad

tomorrow is Stefans memorial service..   It’s going to be tough..

night all, night sam

-me

Beautiful fall day.. We got out with a run up Libbys Lookout with the dogs..

I am so grateful to live where we do

nite all, nite sam

-me

I was on the phone this afternoon with m friend Dima when I heard a tremendous crash downstairs. I ran down and found a slightly wounded red shouldered hawk (i think) lying on the living room floor in a pile of glass. The 5 pound bird had evidently not seen the window and crashed through it. At first I thought the bird was badly hurt.. then it stood up and started to look around. It was big enough to be dangerous… but I was more worried about it than me a that point

diane ran and got a plastic box.. I got it over the bird.. then stuck a poster under it and carried it out.. It was heavy and scared and flapping around like crazy

I got it outside.. and flipped off the top.. It ran.. but did not fly .. into the hedge. It looked like it was ok.. not sure if it was stunned

or injured.. i know it got out of our yard. a few minutes later so Im hoping of the best.

now.. tomorrow I gotta fix the window..

Our thoughts are with you beautiful bird !

nite all, nite sam

-me

I had anday of contrasts…i worked hard for several hours this morning before a team fro IEEE showed up to do some filming. Im helping promote the IEEE DIY project competition. That took several hours of both fun and weird time . I really enjoyed working with the production team..we all ended up at the Generator in late afternoon.

On the very sad side, we got word that my friend Seth's brother Stefan died last night after a long battle with cancer. He was a great kid.. He wctually go married only 4 weeks ago. Seth and i have beenfriends since he wa only about 13. Seth and Stefans mom and dad have been friends if mine even before that, my heart is with them all today, i wish them all peace

Nite all, nite sam

-me

Night all, night sam