Wednesday late nite – may the fourth be with you

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Happy may the forth… may the forth be with you.. actually.. buy now it must be cinco de mayo.. .. so happy that too.

Very cool day.. Diane and I left home about 7 am headed for NYC.. I spent the entire day.. and the entire druve working and tlakign on the phone thanks to my tooted droid phone and it’s internet tether app…Diane drove.. so I worked the entire day and was pretty productive.

We got to Max’s boat around 3.. but he wasn’t getting home until 5.. Iso we parked and I just worked in the car.

Max got home just before five… we unloaded the car then made dinner for the 9 folks we could round up from the boat.    Diane had made thai curry. and Nan bread  both of which were very good.. It was great meeting soem of the new oat crew members.. the most recent , Tom, just arrived from England only this morning..

I couldn’t help noticing that the spritz of hot sauce I made on my curry looked like Josef Stalin.. a good omen ?

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Just before 7 we all crammed in the car and drove to downtown B’klyn to see Max’s senior show. It was in a high end opera hall turend movie theatre

The movies were tuly excellent.. there were 9 of them.. 2 of which were from Max… The first of max’s wsa a wonderful tribute to Sam.. I can’t really describe it here.. it was beutiful, powerful and sublte.. I can’t wait to see it again.. it was so moving..

His second piece was a tribute to living on the boat.. also beautiful and subtle..and compelling.  t was really a wonderful experience being there to watch the show.. I was SO proud of max !!!!! i

here we are after the show.. here’s max’s girlfriend jack.. she’s so  great.. .. us.. then Ben and Maryanne.

Then we headed off with Max’s friends to celebrate at a local German bar..

Freind Pat from Vermont and his friend Alex were in NYC. so they came too !..

And then came a surproise visit form Uncle Billy.. he’s in town for a medical conference.. he was able to leave the conference and join us fro ssome family bonding.. and fun

Here he is working hthe cards.. he’s a fabulous magician..

It was such a great surprise to get to see Billy..

We got home around midnight..  and watched gabes telecocina project.. also very cool

OK..it’s 2am and I need to sleep.. More tomorrow.. I’m so proud of max !

nite all, nite Sam

-me

Tuesday night – Eric !

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Just got back from visiting Eric in the hospital.. with Diane, Gabe. Hannah, and Devon.  After all he’s been through … the wreck and two surgery’s, he looked really great.. He was  a little groggy.. but he sure was happy to see all of us. He’s able to talk , eat.. and even sit up a little . He’s such a sweet and lovable kid.. I left knowing that he’s goign to be alright..

oops battery is running out..   gotta run

nite all, nite sam,

-me

Monday night – reaction

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Diane woke me this morning with the news of Osama Bin Ladin’s death. I lay there for a few minutes trying to take that in.. how did I  feel ? Good ? Bad.. Relieved ? Fearfull ? .. I guess a little of all of those things..

It was not until I went downstairs and started reading about other peoples reactions that my reaction began to change.. When I saw that people were celebrating Bin Ladin’s death I was deeply saddened.. not because I had compassion for him. but because no-one should celebrate another’s death. No matter how evil. Justice is important.. and Bin Ladin certainly deserved justice. He destroyed many peoples lives in support of his own ideology.  I know that he was a dangerous man who used violence to promote his cause..The world is no doubt better off with out him.., .. But justice is one thing..and vengeance is another. Vengeance s a dangerous and poisonous emotion…Believe me I understand the anger behind a senseless death.. but this is not a time for celebrating.. it’s a time for closure.. for thinking.. and for coming together  to work for peace and justice….

I know many reading this will not agree with me..  and I don’t mean to condemn anyone for how they feel.. I just need to let folks know how I feel.

nite all.. lets work for peace, nite sam

-me

Sunday night – Eric

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So.. last night I told you that our close friend Eric was in a bad motorcycle accident.. Now we know more..Eric’s dad told me that Eric is in the ICU . He had surgery yesterday. and once again today to fix his arm and neck. Luckily, he’s goign to be OK. Diane managed to go in and see him in the ICU this afternoon. She was only able to stay a little, but Eric was able to talk..   I just hear that he’ll be out of the ICU as soon as tomorrow.. which is amazing and wonderful. He’s goign to have to take it easy for some time as he recovers.. so he’ll need lots of love and support..

Eric has a special place in our hearts.. he was a good friend of Sam’s and was visiting Parker with Sam when Sam died. Eric has spent a lot of time with us in the past 4 years.. he always comes by and checks in on us.. Now we’ll do the same for him..
Good luck Eric.. feel better.. we love you, man..

Not much else to report for the day… .spent the morning helping do trail maintainance on the Rivershore trail. It’s been hit hard by the recent flooding…

The trail washed out in some places..

It was great being out there today.. spring is definitely here.. the flowers were coming up..

And the fiddleheads pushed up through the newly dumped sand…

ok.. time to go to bed.. busy week ahead…

nite all, nite sam

-me