Peaceful Friday night at home..  nothing on my mind.. pure bliss! . I’ve had quite a few people write me this week wondering if I was OK.. I guess I’ve been sounding pretty low here I have been low.. but not  deep dark low.. Like not a depression.. let’s just call it a recession..   I do appreciate hearing from folks.. even in morse code! The fact that people are out there and are thinking us this time of year is wonderfully sustaining to us. I’m doing pretty well all things considered.  I’ve promised myself to spend sometime this month  trying to get back in touch with what I want to do with my life and where I am going to spend my time and energy. I’m actually looking forward to doing that.

I have a few pictures from the last few days that I hadn’t put up here.. yesterday I was lucky enough to catch a lectutre at work from Art Cohn, the directoro of the Champlain Maritime Museum. Art is a lawyer, diver, socialogist and historian.. and a heck of a good speaker. I’d never met him.. but because of our last names being the same.. I’m always getting folks who think were related. He’s an awesome guy.. He showed some amazing things in his talk.. ncluding soem of the more than 7 ships he’s found in the cold waters of Lake Champlain.

Last night I had a nice night hanging out with Gabe while dianbe went over and visited Elizabeth. i went to pick here up an see Elizabeth’s new place.. Elizabeth has a theme word.. andit’s ‘Simplify’. it’s on her license plate.. and on signs throughout her house.. it’s a goodword.. but I’m not sure what it means.. 🙂 /

Got home tonight pretty pooped from work. Ihad exactly 15 minutes free today at work…   Home never looked so good. I walked in and noticed this cool light up thig that my mother in law Marcia had sent (Thanks Marcia !)..   It’s kind of a smaller version of the big light up branch that we always had in that corner.

I was just lisetenign to the radio tonight.. and hearing more abotu the bad economy.. I’ve really been pretty insulated from the news with no TV.  I’ve only expereinced it through work.. and through our budget.  I guess it’s pretty bad !   I was tickeld by the followign comic that I found in new freind Douglas’s blog.. Made me think of the cool new recesion: