Nice day back home. The big news today is that our beautiful dog Chai Mariano Cohn turns 9 years old today..
She’s gettign to be quite a mature lady. She’s been my friend, my comfort, my alarm clock and my running buddy for a long time. Sam loved (loves) her too
Happy birthday girl !!!!
Today began with Gabes soccer game at MMUU.. you can see the heavy frost still in the shade at 10 AM !
a few weeks ago we were standing here sweating in shorts !
then back home for a breakfast birthday for chai. She got a squeezy toy and a puzzle (believe it or not) .> She had to fgure out how to open it to get soem cheese. Didn’t take long.. smart girl !
then a nice walk up in Honey hollow. The leaves are past peak.. but still so pretty and peaceful. i needed the down time !
Satori.. is wondering why chai’s getting all the attention today (Well. .she got a squeezy toy too.. they both want to play while i’m typing !)
Couldn’t resist the cool water.. it might have just been in the 40’s .. but I can’t resist cold water. so i took a little dip in the creek. . it really wakes you up.. and gets you back in your body in an instant.
then back for chais birthday dinner.. eggs, cheese and bacon !!!
OK.. thats it for today.. what follows are some pics from this week.. Here’s a few shots of Riga Latvia.. gotta love this poster !
I drove with Ugis , joe and simone from Riga to Vilius.. we went near the town where my great, great uncle was from.. we found his tombstone in israel . You can read about that here.
we were also only 60 km from Kaunas where others in my family were.. No one still left after the Holocaust.. It was strange being there knowing that past..
next morning.. I was at the Vilnius TV station by 6:30 AM.. first stop.. makeup (yuck) then on tv where 25 percent of the population of the country watched me talk for 10 minutes.. so funny !
by the time we left the tv station the moon and venus where against a brightening sky.. i always love it like this.
Here we are with my handlers ready to go into the IBM meeting.. you always need a hulahoop at ibm meetings.
this is the famous TV tower in vilnuis. Sever folks were killed trying to defend this tower from soviet tanks in 1991 ~
Here are the students at Vilnius university after my talk..
one of the TV ladies tried the hoop
there was a redbull truck in the lot.. here’s one for Sam !(we always pour the first sip out for him )
then another talk at IBM.. great audience !
then soem sightseeing at night of the old city.. the one my ancestors called home
then a lovely dinner
a great walk back to the hotel
and a long 8 hour flight where i worked the entire way..
home to vermont
where it was snowing !
ok.. gotta run.. more tomorrow.
happy birthday chai
nite all, note sam
-me