This evening we went to a really nice jumpstart talk at generator. Speaker tonight was Jen Kimmich, The cofounder of the alchemist brewery.
They are the makers of heady topper and focal banger. Jen told a really compelling story about The ups and downs of starting a small business in for Mont. There were many things in her story that I didn’t know… But the main thing I did notice that the pub they had in Waterbury was destroyed in hurricane Irene. It seemed to me that that was the best possible thing that could’ve happened to them even though it was terrible at the time. It allowed them to concentrate on their canning business and made heady topper the world-famous destination beer that it is today. She had great advice around family, hiring, persistence, innovation and setting of appropriate goals.I was very impressed with her focus on community and providing living wages to people that work there.
I was really glad to see this. I’m always glad to see generator full of people like that. I’m so proud to be part of it
Ever since Diane stopped doing scheduled yoga she’s been doing “poo up” soup nights on Tuesdays . That way she scheduled them when she wants rather than having to cancel them when she can’t teach. Folks seem to like the arraignment.. we had at least 16 tonight . Class was great and so was soup .
I lead a tour up to see the ghost room. We had many takers !
It’s like having a party every week . It’s the highlight of my week .. and I’ll bet it’s the same for many of our friends
Another beautiful day here today. Still quite cold but I was able to get out with the dogs for a run. Everything is glistening. The dogs are both seeking out sunbeams to lie of them. Here is Satori doing just that
We had a beautiful day here. Cold and bright… In a way that means winter is finally here.
You can see it in the light at cub’s Landing through the windows… Here’s a view of that through one of our cupboards
It was about 11° below zero Fahrenheit this morning when we woke. We got out for a ski with John and Lauren and all of her dogs around one and at that point it was around 9°. Actually that felt pretty good.
Right now it’s about 4° below zero and heading lower. I love the way the air feels when it gets this cold.
