Tomorrow Sam would’ve been 28. I remember so clearly the night before he was born.
Really, really hard to believe.… He was 14 when he died… And that was 14 years ago. Such a strange balance point… I guess we all are not alive Much longer than we are alive… It’s just a strange to think about.
Tomorrow morning Diane and I are going to walk at Bolton Mountain for sunrise. If anyone out there is reading this and feels like meeting us at the Bolton Valley parking lot At 4 AM you’re welcome to walk with us.… Given the times… We won’t be getting together for a potluck in Sam’s town Sweetery do tomorrow… But we do invite everyone to join us in spirit at 7 PM and toast Sam in whatever way is meaningful to you.…
He was an amazing kid and remains strong and loving presence in our lives.…
It was very good to take today off. I really needed. I did some thinking about the real meaning of memorial day… I thought about all the veterans in my life… My dad, my father-in-law but what memorial day usually needs to me is it’s very near Sam’s birthday. Sam would’ve been 28 this Thursday on May 28.… He was 14 when he died and it’s been 14 years since… It feels particularly strange.… This year Diane and I going to climb up  Bolton mountain in time for the sunrise on Thursday. Anyone is welcome to join us. I put an invite out on Facebook
Today we took a great hike… Kyle dropped us off on the notch Road and we walked back towards home. Diane fixed us a great picnic that we ate on a ledge overlooking camels Hump
Attack Brooke… We decided to bushwhack down the beautiful creek. It’s covered with stunning waterfalls. No one ever goes there because it’s so hard to reach
It’s not good to take a swim. And put a Sam Stoneway up in the waterfall
Later on our friends Vince and Maya came by to say goodbye. We’re heading out to Washington. Even at social distancing it’s nice to see new people.
Really nice quiet day around the house. Got the pool ready to go, clean the garage, And I got our beautiful garden crows working
I did some Grant work for UVM and we basically hung out… Had a nice talk with my mom… She had just been to a video meeting of the 65th anniversary of her college graduation. She wore her 1952 field hockey uniform to the meeting… That’s pretty cool
At 8:45 we had some of the neighbors over to do a movie outside. ‘Diane and I had gotten the old movie screen out and washed it down and hung it on the side of our house. I got our 20-year-old video projector out and we gathered around and watched blazing saddles. Totally politically incorrect but super fun
