Dang.. still testing positive.. but feeling pretty good.

 

We took a 5ish mile hike in the Richmond town forest. We’d never been so far back in there.. It’s really beautiful and remote.. and only about 3 miles from our house. We hiked over to Preston pond and back.
So pretty and quiet !

 

It was so nice being out in the sun !

nite all. nite sam

-me

today was the day of Vermonts FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotics competition. I was to have been the Emcee but I was still testing positive for Covid.. so I had to sit it out.   I was so sad to have missed it in person. but thanks to the great job the organizers did in streaming, I was able to watch the whole thing. My friend Scott, the Chair of FIRST in VT hosted the event instead of me.. and he did a really fabulous job !  Better than I could have done for sure !. We had 19  Vermont teams this year which was the most we’d ever had for a face to face event . It was such a well run event.    I have deep appreciation for all the volunteers that put this together especially my friends Liz, Holly and Doug. We had opening talks by my friend and boss Kyle C from Beta and my friend Neda, who was on the Afghanistan FRC team before ebign evacuated to the US nearly 2 years ago. Both gave great talks !

Thee are pics I took from the live stream.

I’m so excited about how FTC and all the FIRST programs are growing in Vermont..!

IIt was a bright and sunny day outside.. and even though I had to stay away from people.. I didn’t  need to stay away from nature. Diane and I took a walk up near Gillette pond. We wanted to check out the new dam that the Richmond Land Trust is going to build up there. We were interested as frequent user f Gillette pond.. and as Richmond Parking advisory members. We were checking out the proposed parking situation up there. It looks like the RLT is doing a nice job to anticipate the  parking needs of visitors

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It’s so nice to be back home !

 

nite all, nite sam !

-me

Woke up today feeling good enough to travel.. I have to say… I did Covid the hard way.… But very glad to be past it. It was kind of fun and interesting just to sit on the couch and do nothing for three days… Not something I very often do. Even with Covid, we had a really nice trip here.… We spent last night having yet another birthday celebration watching movies and scratching the dog and the cat. Pretty wonderful

 

Today was a pretty easy flight back.. long, but productive as I caught up on all that I hadnt done while I was sick. One cool surprise was that MeowWolf was on the cover of the United magazine.. and it was a peirce that Max and Becky had worked on.. how cool is that ?!:! 

 

We got home about midnight.. and it sure felt good !

My only regret for the day was missing the opening reception for the CoCreated : The artist in the age of intelligent machines show at Burlington City Arts. My friend Chris Thompson curated it and Im so excited to see it.. We’ll go see it as soon as we can

nite all, nite sam

-me

Happy birthday to me !.. I entered the world 64 years ago today with he help of my loving mom and dad. It’s been an amazing ride so far.. I’m so grateful for my family. friends, community, job that even covid cant mess up my birthday. If you’re reading this.. thanks for being part of my life !

Thanks to all the family and friends that checked in to say HBD !

Its really nice to be here with Diane, Gabe, Sam, Nova and Sequoia. on my birthday.   It was kind of a bonus birthday so we celebrated again (!) this time with excellent Mexican food (which I can now taste again) and Marion berry cheesecake !

We watched another great Pixar movie tonight.. Luca.. about an Italian merkid.. It was fun and uplifting.. 

Perfect birthday 

note all, nite sam

-me