It’s the shortest day of the year and it was a fun one ! This afternoon Diane and I took our young friend Fin tot eh ECHO museum. its the 2nd time I’ve been there this year and I love what its become. I was on the board of echo for 6 years.. about 8 years ago.. since that time its become much more hands on.. and it’s focused has broadened to all types of science and engineering.
We had so much fun exploring the exhibits with Finn… (even though I managed to fall asleep in the rainforest movie)..
Afterwards Finn suggested that we go to Koto’s for hibachi… We hadn’t been there since before covid !
Excellent Idea !!!!
Happy Solstice everyone.. it’s brighter from here !
Fun day at work.. toured around some great kids from Shelburne Middle School…
Later I met up with my Duaneswhirled friends to welcome our friends and campmates Jo and Free who are visiting from Nairobi… It was so great to see them both. I haven’t seen them since 2017 !
I’m so happy so many of our burning man friends find time and space to come visit us up here in VT !
Not much to report for the day. it was busy at work.. then I seen the evening working on a surprise xmas gift. for Gabe. It’s a 1949 Karl Zeiss trinocular microscope. (I can talk about it here now.. since I’m blogging several days after xmas)
Gabe works with high end microscopes every day at his work as a cancer biology grad student. He loves what he does and he told us that he’d love to have a microscope at home to show friends the magic that lives in little things all around us. It turns out that my good friend Scott also loved microscopes. He had several and before he died in August of 2021 he’d asked for our help in finding good homes for all his cool science gear including his pride and joy, this beautiful old Zeiss scope. .. Scott and my friend Dave took a couple of Scott’s microscopes including the Zeiss.. but he didn’t have a use for it. When Gabe told me he was looking I asked Dave and he very graciously let me have it. I’m now working to get it working. I found an illuminator bulb (6V 15W) in china and ordered it. I also found some modern LED light sources and ordered them. I am now cleaning up and aligning the device as best I can to make sure it will work for Gabe. I hope he likes it..
I think of Scott every day.. and think/hope it would make him happy to know that Gabe will have this scope and use it.
Tonight was Ben and Tatti’s annual great latke party… I look forward to it all year. All the fried stuff your body craves crammed into one night. We egan with a quick walk up Bamforth to make way for the carbs. There we ran in to our friend Tom and his friend Scott. Always fun to find folks who love these woods like we do !
We went over to Ben and Tati’s early to help make the latkes.. and set up the place. Diane took first turn at cooking. Folks started showing up at 5.. it was a great crowd !
Then came the moment to light the candles.. Ben led while we all sang.. I was happy he was using the plumbing parts menorah I made for him as well as the wooden one he always uses.
And as always.. there was ice cream !
It was a great night.. and I don’t need to eat another latke for at least 11 more.months !
