Wednesday night – politics aside

Today began with helping Diane load her garlic for drying. She decided to use the shelving where she started her seedlings.. and turns out that was perfect !

 

While Diane wrangled the garlic.. I was wrangling the lights for the  @#$%ing bus.. I’m building a system to light 90 some odd plywood clouds with 14,400 addressable LEDS.. .. Here’s the first photo of them responding to my wishes.. good so far.. long way to go

 

oop.s 3.5KW of LEDS can generate a lot of heat. Sensor in the yoga space sent me an alarm when the temperature is 90°. I had left the LEDs on and then heated the room

Tonight was  this political  event at our home . Our friend June had asked to use our house for a gathering for Ted… It was really interesting. It wasn’t a large crowd but the conversation was pretty interesting.… Our good friend  Ted i, our close friend Tim’s brother, s running for state office… State attorney. I really don’t pay much attention to politics… I know I should but my brain is full. I never even knew what the states attorney was Ted is running as a Democrat against Sarah George. She  seems like a really good person also. Ted I know to be a man a great character. He’s been a public defender and believes in both compassionate handling of people who are committing their first  offenses.   From what I understand Sarah has similar views but seems to not be holding repeat offenders  accountable. …

It was a small rain with really interesting conversation. Again I really respect for Ted and his family and it was a pleasure having this event in our house. I certainly learned something

nite all, nite sam

-me

Tuesday night – echo workshop

Today was my first full day back at BETA.   It was really catching up with everyone. We had a fantastic workshop with some friends from the echo museum. My friends Nina ran the workshop… She’s such a pro. We are thinking about how best to reach kids with science contact.… Echo and Nina have such a great experience with that

we really appreciate Nina’s insights !

nite all, nite sam

 

Sunday night – homeward

Today we headed home .. it’s been a really good time. This is wrapping up about 5 weeks of travel to see the boys..   thats been so fun

We hitched a ride back to ABQ with George and Doreen thanks for a fun and challenging game of jenga getting all our bags into the tiny rental. Our. planes were within an hour of each other so we grabbed a drink and watched the planes with them..
the trip home was peaceful.. I managed to get most of the way through my email which was satisfying.

Kyle picked us up around 11PM and took us home..

 

sooooo nice to be home !

nite all, nite sam

-me