Nice quiet day. We spent the time sort of decorating the house for the holidays. The kids are coming back this year so we’re mixing it up In terms of decorations, observations etc. We’re going to see them right after the holidays in Oregon. We decorated a house plant and hung up a few lights. It’s feeling pretty festive to me.
Mid morning Diane and I got out for a nice ski. And I have to work up a sweat.
Later in the day we went to the last part of the IBM annual Christmas dinner. The number of IBM people in the state is now pretty small.… As always we got there after the food was gone but we were able to catch up with a few old friends
Busy day today. It’s been a few hours at University of Vermont helping judge the computer science and of semester project fair. It was so much fun such great energy
From there I drove over to the generator for the holiday humbug craft sale. It was full of people who had made beautiful stuff at the generator and other places. I’m so proud to see the place being used like that
I had A very emotionally full day. It started on a hard note. My very good friend Scott was recently diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He’s are quiet genius and the guy that has helped me make all of my high voltage gear that I use in my shows. He’s really helped transform my life…He and my friend Leif And I met this morning to talk… One of the things were thinking is something cool to do together while Scott goes through in the next several months.… It really sucks ..that said, Scott has a great attitude. 
One of my many meetings after seeing Scott and Leif was a pretty fun one. I was contacted by a teacher in London Ontario who has used the colony As a discussion project for his middle school civics class for the last several years. . Today I had a web conference with them for about an hour. They asked all sorts of questions about what we ate but we did win the cameras were off etc. the questions were so great. We could’ve talked for hours more. It was really amazing
From there I went and had the first massage and reiki I’ve had in about three years. Our friend Marci just bought the “mini spa” down on South Battery Street. I was so impressed with the place. It’s beautiful and bright and amazing.
I just finished up my work for the day… It’s about 1030 and I got to sleep. More tomorrow
Long and productive day today. Several local meetings which were really fun. The last one was by far the best. Can’t go into the details… But it ended up with me actually flying helicopter over downtown Burlington.… Thanks to my friend Kyle for showing me how
Im grateful For the experiences That life throws my way!
