Friday night – wisdom

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The big news today is that Gabe got his wisdom teeth out..
here he is before

 

and here’s all the soft food his nice momma has layed out for him to eat over the next couple of days

here is a picture he sent me from the recovery room

 

here are the teeth themselves (destined for jewlery of some sort, I think)

and here is the patient before painkillers kicked in.. I feel for him.. it hurts a bunch he says..

Gabe was doing well enough by night that I felt ok going to Higher Ground to hear one of my favorite bands , State Radio.. These guys have always been very good to us.. The played ‘Keepsake’ in Sam’s honor as they have every concert they’ve played here in the last 5 years.. Thanks Chad.. we really, really appreciate it !

 

here’s a version of Keepsake that Avery and Jane played at Sam’s memorial..   I love listening to it.

They do so much good in the world, too.. tomorrow they’re doing a food drive.. and then another show tomorrow night.. Please go check them out.. and bring some canned food goods to donate..

 

ok.. gotta sleep now..

 

THese are interestign times for us.. . We’re turnign inward a bit as we prepare to mark the fifth anniversary of Sam’s passing. Lots.of strange energy swirlign around us.. friends and family struggling  , work uncertain.. g.. but we’re feelign at peace.. Saw another shooting star tonight.. and stopped for a train behind a car with license plate ‘my3byz’ ..

 

it all hangs together somehow..

 

nite all, nite sam

-me

 

ps. took this picture of freind bruce the other day.. bruce’s 12 year old son Bentley died in July.. .. this picture captures soemthing…. not sure what..

 

 

Thursday night – v.o.m.i.t.

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Busy day at work.. lots of uncertainty… but a pleasant end to the day.. I played host to about 20 of my co-alums from VoMIT.. (Vermont’s Own MIT club).. it’s the nicest and geekiest group of people I know..

My friends Jeff and Greg graciously played tour guides as they walked us around the plant. We spent most of our time in the Central Utility Plant looking at all the energy and water stuff the fine folks at the plant have done. Their efforts have made the facility about 40% more efficient over the past 5 years.. and that’s a big deal when you have as big an energy bill as we do.. The plant actually uses more electricity than the city of Burlington.. Both Greg and Jeff are now taking their show on the road helping other large enterprises in the state improve their energy efficiency.

It was good fun……

I skipped out on the dinner thoguh.. so I could have dinner wiht Gabe.. He’s getting his wisdom teeth out tomorrow so we took the chance to eat soem good solid food at bridge street..

ok.. that’s it for today…

nite all, nite sam

-me

 

oh.. one thing that I’m starting to do as we enter this tough month of November is to look back over the last 4.. almost 5 years and reflect on the path I’ve been on since Sam’s death.. It’s interesting reading for me.. not sure for ayone else..   I’m putting the links here after an inspiration from my freind Sacha on her blog (Thanks Sacha) ..

 

Blogs from this date

nov 3 2010

nov 3 2009

nov 3 2008

nov 3 2007

 

 

 

Wednesday night – Bentley

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It’s 11L30 and I just got home. I met up with Bruce. Bruce’s 12 year old son Bentley died last July in an accident at the Bolton potholes. I reached out to Bentley’s dad a few weeks back after his name came came into my life 3 times in 3 days.. I figured it was time to connect. We met for dinner and talked about life and death.. kids, wives, friends, work.. and all that changes and doesn’t change after someone you love dies. It was good hearing Bruce’s story an learning more about Bentley.. he was a bright, fun and funny 12 year old.. lots of skills.. very loving. He was Bruce and his wife Julie’s only child.
Bruce told me of all the support they’d gotten from his community..He also told me about some amazing and unworldly coincidences that occurred around Bentley’s passing.. both brought back such strong memories of Sam.
We were both in a quiet mood as we went o hear Lucinda Williams play at the Flynn.. not sure that was the best idea given our spirits.. .. but the show was good. A fair share of Lucinda’s music is about death and loss. .. much of it is upbeat.. Towards the end , Lucinda sang the song ‘Copenhagan’ she wrote it on hearing about the death of her freind and tour manager Frank Callari, She told us about a music video that the creator of Squidbillies made from the song.. weird stuff.. but it moved me..

I said goodbye to Bruce and drove home.. I was feeling pretty low… so I called my buddy George (colony I guy).. an we caught up.. we were talking about organ donation and sam’s death.. As I was driving into our little town I was telling him how hard it was for me to think of those 3 days. around Sam’s passing.. just . 5 years ago this month..

just then there was a huge shooting star over our house.. .made me feel better

nite all, nite sam
-me

Tuesday night – Rabbit-rabbit-rabbit

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“Rabbit-rabbit-rabbit.”. for some reason it has always been my custom to say that as the first thing out of my mouth a the beginning of each month. This morning I realized as I said my rabbits that this today also marks the one year anniversary of the day I took my current job.. As always, I will refrain from  commenting directly on the nature of my job or how its going in this blog. .. I will say that it has been an interesting year.. I’ve learned much. met lots of new people, learned about a new business, and a new industry, discovered some things that have worked.. discovered others that have not worked..I’d do the same thing again if I could.. but perhaps there would be soem things I would change.. hard to tell.. I don’t know where this will take me next, but it’s important to note the passing of time and mark these anniversaries. ..

I just realized I didn’t say anything I meant to say.. but I guess thats what I intended to say..

nite all, nite sam

-me