Sitting on a plane trying to remember what happened on this particular Wednesday. The only clue I have is this picture.
Sometimes you just have days like that 🙂
nite all, nite sam
-me
Wednesday night – one of those days
Tuesday night – dads night
Tonight we had one of our semi regular ‘dads nights’ Thanks to our friend Jake we’ve been doing this since Max was 3.. so a bit more than 30 years. Originally, what we had in common was very young kids.. now its more than that.. not everyone even has kids. We’ve been through lots of life together.. births, marriages, divorces, career changes, grandkids, loss,../ all things good and not good.. and we’re still drinking beer together.. It was great catching up with the guys.
It’s a very comfortable and fulfilling thing.
nite all, nite sam
-me
Monday night – VASE Meeting
Tonight was our annual Fall Meeting for VASE (Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering) Kyle was the speaker and gave a really great talk about what we’re doing at BETA. (He always gives good talks. !) The audience was small.. and there were a ton of questions.
We then moved on to our social gathering at the Middlebury country club.. There was great food and great conversation. I particularly enjoyed catching up with my friend Alan who’s a world renowned climate scientist, He told me about some truly mystical experiences he’s had related to Gaia.. the organism that is our world. I want to hear more.
There was a short business meeting where we announced our 3 new members (I got to introduce my friend Dean Linda Schadler ).. then we heard from Greg Wolf, our teacher of the year. He’s a recently retired middle school science teacher whose created a big (325K) following on TikTok with his science demos. His content is so simple and so fun.. Katie and I got to talk to him afterwards. Even though Greg’s moved to conencticut, we agreed to meet next time he’s back in Vermont. I would love to work with him !
I love my Vase peeps..
nite all, nite sam
-me
Sunday night – wet !
Nice day.. started with a sail with Ben and his old friends Ronnie and Sandra. So nice meeting them. Ronnie and I helped Ben with the ropes. I think I’m finally getting the hang of it ! We came back in early to eat because we were all getting a little queasy. Sandra and Ronnie are so great ! Super fun morning.
In the afternoon I took a walk from Richmond to Jonesville using the rivershore trail with our friend James. It was raining..but not too cold. we crossed the river a couple of times which was fun and wet. Lots to see
Diane’s still in Portland and I’m missing her ! I took a picture of her flowers to show her she was missed 🙂
Ended the day up with Jen. Tim and Nate. It’s a tough time for them . Tomorrow would have been Marie’s 32nd birthday. Jen made dahl which was one of Maries favorites.
Please keep TIm, Jen, Nate and Marie in your hearts
nite all, nite sam
-me