Today I had two interesting opportunities to talk to the Vermont Council on foreign affairs. This is yet another event that I was to have done in person… But ended up as another web meeting. It was really fun. They were a group of very interesting and civic ly engage people from all different parts of the community. We had the former lieutenant governor, retired supreme court justice, real estate people, professors… I was there talking about AI and the Green Mountain’s. It was basically a review of the AI task force… (Which is still going on it turns out)… They were a fantastic bunch of people with great questions. One thing I did notice is that many of them said “I don’t know much about technology”… And then asked very educated questions about technology.… What I thought was funny is that very few people would say “I don’t know much about government” before voicing an opinion… It might be a very good disclaimer that we should all use.… Very fun…

Nite all, nite Sam

-me

I work till about 2 o’clock last night… I walked outside and the ground was completely covered with snow. Snow in me is not unusual… But this much is kind of unusual.… I’m betting today was the last major snow… But who knows.

Anyway it’s beautiful to watch it accumulate… Here’s the house In one of the last couple of days… Fun to watch the snow come and go

Nite all, nite Sam

-me

Getting close to 2 AM… Had a late night project to make a movie for the CMU electrical engineer in graduation. It’s funny to be a graduation speaker remotely.… Anyway fun hanging out at my shop that late. I made a huge mess… I guess I’ll clean it up tomorrow.

Everything is covered with snow outside…. Happy may !

Nite all, nite sam

-me

Happy Mother’s Day to all you mothers out there… And sons and daughters and husband’s and wives of mothers. Mothers are a very cool concept… I have to say I’ve met one of the best. Happy Mother’s Day Diane… You are the best kid, doggy and garden mom I can imagine.. and that’s something I’m grateful for every day .. not just when hallmark tells us its time 🙂

We had a great mommas day .. we took a great hike down to a 19th century grist mill near Huntington gorge that was pretty amazing

We even saw part of the old stone grinding wheel

Sam is very much with us on days like this

We got to see the back of Huntington gorge which was pretty cool .

I ended up bringing home two ticks !

Ick !

Later on we had a video brunch with the boys

Also got to talk to my mom, Judy who’s and awesome mom . She’s back in MINNEAPOLIS after nine weeks staying with her sister and brother in law sis and Phil in Florida ( is hanks sis and Phil) . Now she’s quarantining for a few weeks back in her apartment in mpls

Happy Mother’s Day ma !

Also thinking of my late mother in law Marcia . We miss you !

Gotta sleep

Nite all, nite sam

-me