TOday was moving day for my Mom.. I’m already in germany… Gabe, Max Becky and I left yesterday.. Diane stayed behnd to hep mom make th e final move.. This afternoon DIane to Mom for a last drive by of the house and dropped her  at the Logan Expresse to. Sherborn has beeb a great place for my mom and dad.. My mom is leaving there witha ton of memories.. ost of them really good…

 

I was so poud of my momma for all she did in prep for movong .. all the stuff she sorted, packed, gave and away.. All the people she had to say good by to

 

SHe’s excited abotu her new place in Minieapolis.. it’s 3 miles from mu sisters and looks out over the Missisiippi river. It’s goign to be a great place for her.. 

 

 

I have to admit I was pretty nostalgic driving around Sherborne .. and walking round that house for the last time./ I thanked it for taking care of my folks..  when they really needed it.. we al hid samstones in it… 

it felt ok to say goodbye to it..

 

Mom defiantly looked goodas she marched int her new life.. 

 

safe travcels ma

 

safe travels to gabe and raya on their way to israel…

 

nite all,. nite sam

-me

 

 

 

Spent the morning with mom and my family saying good bye to  88 Prospect Street.. It’s been a really great place for my folks. THey moved up here in 2000 (i think).. t be closer to all of us. At the time, we were in Vermont, My brother was at Brighams and Women’s and lived in Chestnut Hill anbd my sister lived in the North end .. Soon after , billy moved back to Houston with his family, Mary married Bills work partner John and moved to Minneapolis.. and my folks were on their own again in Sherborn. It worked out well though. The house and town were very much like the house in Houston where we grew up.. open. airy and surrounded by woods. They quickly made friends and became part of Sherborn. My dad has a good 12 year there before his Alzheimers really kicked in. He had 3 year of softly fading away in that house where he stayed until 6 weeks before he passed in 2014. .. He loved the area and the neighborhood. I liked visiting there because of all the great running trails in the woods…   My mom built a nice spot for Sam out there.. where there are lots of samstoens and heart shaped rocks. we visited in my last trip here a week ago. 

Over the last couple of weeks its been really clear how much folks loved my mom and dad.. there ahve been lots of neighbors dropping by and even a party for my mom..

 

it felt good and a little weird walking through the house for the last time today..   It was completely empty 

 

it was really nice having max and gabe here too !

 

 

 

 

Thank you house for taking such good care of my parents. 

taking off from Boston..

gotta end here

more from munich

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

Midnight in Sherborn , Ma. Diane, Gabe and I came down tonight .. and Max drove up from NY. we wanted to have one more dinner in my mom’s house before see moves on monday. 

The moovers came today and the place is completely empty.. it was both nice and eerie.. 

 

i found this card from my dad 

 

mom is excited about moving.. she’s got a great new place in Minneapolis. 

 

i hid a samstone ub here last time I was here. 

 

mom had been drinking champaigne and scotch with neighbors.. she was pretty giggly by the time we got there.. we had to catch up with her.. 

 

we brought sushi from  Oga’s , one of my dad’s favorite resutants

the boys and I had a toast in honor of my dad

 

around 11:30 we moved to my mom’s friends airbnb where we’re hanging out now. 

 

max just gave me one of his new cards .

 

 

ok.. time for bed.. 

more tomorrow

 

nite all, nite sam

-mc

busy morning.. the I took off earlish  (3PM) t go downtown with diane.. we ran errands including a trip to home depot that took several hours as I thought through parts for our latest project: a swamp cool er fir burning man

 

it can be really hot durign the day at burnign man.. and thas when you sleep. We’re trying a simple evaporative cooler aka swamp cooler. there are several designs out there on the web.. we borrowed from those, but have made our own design. it’s fashoned from a 17 gallon heavy duty plastic tub.. 

gabe and I worked in until about 2:30 this morning. 

 

 

the cooling works by pulling air through a saturate3d mesh,. then blowing the air on people. the act of evaporating the water is endothermic, which  cools the air that  goes through.. as much as 30 degrees. th e bad news is it only works in very dry climates.. 

 

 

it was fun workign with Gabe on this project.. 

 

this is the evaporation fabric.. 

colimn.. 

 

 

ok. 2:30 am// and I’m falling asleep.

nore tomorrow

nite all, nite sam

-me