Tonight we all got together at our house to remember Pucket a year after his death. It was a great gathering.. sad and happy at the same time. It was so great having all these folks together .

 

 

 

A few weeks ago when we were   all here remembering sam.. we were maikng samstones. .. soemoen made four samstones with some of puckets ashes..

yes.. thats pretty wierd to hear …

We got them back now.. and they are very interesting.. they are gritty.. and they have crazy glazed spots on them.. from the ashes..   wow !

 

 

tracy brought the certificate that Pucket’s mom Jody got for pucket after he died. .. She had a star named after him.. (Jody.. we missed you !).. 

 

i lokked up the start .. and its in pegasus.. the interesting thing is that pegasus was directly above our house.. though it was too cloudy to see.. 

 

 

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there were so many babies there..

 

somewhere in the middle we all stopped to toast Pucket… and watch a movie theyd made…

lots of tears and some  funny stories.

it felt good to be togheter..

at the end.. folks started drifitng out.. before all the bigger guys left.. we put them to work.. we needed to move our old piano into the garage.. (anyone want a piano ?)

 

i couldn’t resit the urge to put theis to music.. in my opinion.. the rst soeng ever written. (remember..w hen we give a guitar away every year .. we tell the winner that the one thing they cannot do is use the guitar to paly billy joel (or elten john))..

anyway.. here it is

we got it out the door with no injuries !

it was a really good night ..

we miss you pucket !

nite all, nite sam

-me

Tough week this week.. was hoping to get soem peace as we head in to the holodays and so far it has not been coming..

On a plane from Chicago to Montreal as I try to get home tonight. I was in a meetign today in Arkansas when I got an alert from delta that my flight was delayed and I’d miss my conenction home. Luckily i was able to reroute and get almost home.. it may be 3 AM by the time I get home.. but at least it will be in my own bed !

I get one day at hmoe tomorrow  before heading to Germany for the last time for the year.

One cool thing form today is that my freind george andhis freind kevin made soem cool progress on the Spark chamber they are buildibg for burning man next year. the idea is to image cosmic rays as they pass through peoples bodies.

THis is. not yet triggered by cosmic rays… a timing problem and a voltage bias george thinks. . but getting there .. Soemthign to brighten our day..

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

 

One year ago today we got the call that our freind Pucket had died.. I still cant beleive it. whenever our freinds coem around, I still look aroudn for him. I’ ve been  thinking  of him all day.What a smart, talented and loving kid..  My thoughts are goign out to his kids, Tracy jody Jil and all of puckts frinds tonight.  We’re all gettign together  at  our house on Saturday  to remember him. Please come.

nite all,nite sam

-me

The strangest thing happened to us.. i don’t know whether to be confused or amused.. but it is very strange and amazing.. and I ask for all of your help in trying to untangle this riddle

last night Gabe was watching Netflix.. He was watching Season 3,episode 14 of a show called’Blacklist’ .. At about 32 minutes in.. this happens…

I actually found the transcript of the scene.. look at the part in BOLD

Red: I believe you abducted Anya Patinka. Where is she?
Noah Shuster: [ Sighs ] If that’s who you’re looking for, you’re too late. It’s her birthday.
Red: I don’t know what that means.
Shuster: [ Sighs ] Lady Ambrosia– she– she means well.
Red: By abducting children?
Shuster: No. We always try to keep our process as humane as possible.
Red: What process? What process?
Shuster: Anya is turning 12… the end of adolescence. She’ll be… transformed. We use nitrous. And the children are happy, relaxed, euphoric f-for their rebirth. [ Both laugh ] And the other children? They help prepare for the celebration while the wrapping of the butterfly child continues.
Red: Where is she?
Shuster: We call it The Colony– an abandoned schoolhouse, Route 2 south of Richmond. After our son died… she wanted to save other children. She turns them into butterflies, sets them free s-so they can stay children forever.

What ?!?!?!  Gabe thought he was dreaming.. but listened to it again. Diane and I have listend to it too.

“The Colony” ?!?!  (diane and I were on the Discovery show ‘The Colony” in 2009)

Schoolhouse ?!  (We live in an old schoolhouse) 

Route 2, South of Richmond ?!?!?! (our home is on Route 2, South of Richmond)

After our son died ?!?!?  (and.. oour son Sam died in 2006) 

that can’t be a cooincidence .. can it ?!? It has to be about us.. or meant for us.. . but how ? why ?

is it a prank ? a message ? a strange cosmic ‘wink’ from the universe.. ? or from Sam ?

who knows ? could it be a freinds from our time on TV ?  We spent an hour looking through the list of writers, editors, and actors .. did one of them put this in the dialog just for fun ? .. but we didn’t recognize anyones name.. Who did this .. and why ?

Whever and whyever.. we think its very cool that you did it.. and even coo er that we found it !

Help us close the loop.. help us find who did this and why.. so we can hear the story.. and thank them !

 

the world is a wild place.. no?

nite all, nite sam !

-me