Yesterday I told folks that it was my sister SPG’s birthday. I can’t believe it, but I just found this picture from when she was 3 or 4 day old… Se still looks a lot like this. For those who are wondering… I’m the guy on the left.. I shaved for the picture. The other guy is my adorable brother, bizzy-wizzy-woo-woo . Happy brthday again SPG…
I didn’t realize it until last night, but our friend Adah shares SPG’s birthday. Adah is the oldest heir of the vast Talent Skatepark legacy.. We met Adah, her folks Hannah D. and Dave and her baby sister Senya up at Deb’s last night for falafel and barbecue. Adah loves horses… so Hannah T. made her a cute cake in the shape of a horse.
Adah loved her presents.. she even got a cool stick pony.
Here’s baby Senya
As always it was great being up there with folks…
I woke today feeling pretty low.. It’s amazing how much more linked my sense of the world is to the weather these days.. It was rainy and raw with periods of snow.. We all hung low this morning and stayed inside Gabe had two friends over. . Around noon we finally escaped the house. We dropped Gabe off at a movie, dropped off Gabe’s friends and went back to join the tail end of Barbara P’s going away reception.
After 18 years, Barbara is leaving her position as paster (priest ? minister ?, chaplain ? guru ? . what do Congregationalists have ? of the Richmond Congo church. She’s joining the VT National Guard to minister to the families of folks in Iraq.
She is so loved by this community. She’s been so interwoven into our lives. She led the memorial celebration for Sam… I will always remember her loving and thoughtful leadership of the evening. I’m also so very grateful for the many visits she made to our home in the weeks and months following Sam’s death. .She made the time for us even though we’re not part of her large flock.. She’s one of the most calm, caring and wise spiritual beings that I have ever met.
I’ll always remember the interdenominational service she organized after 9/11.. she asked me to say Sim Shalom, the Hebrew prayer for Peace.. I also remember her beautiful handling of George Saffords memorial service.
The reception was nearly over when we got there.. many folks were there… Grit told me that it was the most full she ever saw the church on a non holiday.. We spent soem time looking through the pictures.. I loved this one of Barbara and her husband Charlie.. who’s also a Chaplain with the guard (Yes, Charlie Chaplain)
And here they are doing a handsome Grant Wood imitation..
The rest of the day was pretty quiet. I started working on the plaque for the Sam Cohn Musical Soul award which will hang at MMU. It meant spending some time going through some Sam photos.. It made me happy and sad to look through some of the photos we’re incorporating into the plaque. I needed that release.
OK.. now it’s dinner time.. so I’ll end here… More tomorrow… Gnite all Gnite Sam !
-me
