GATHERING GROUND REPORT - DECEMBER 14, 2022
(No people pictures this month)
A small group gathered for coffee and breakfast at the Gathering Ground on Spring Street in Windsor Locks. For those who remember Spring street in Windsor Locks, it was the home of the VILLA ROSE bar and grill that was the place to gather after the softball games, both MSD and SOC7's.
No Norm, this AM, he offered a note the night before, just saying he was not able to make breakfast with the rest of the crew.
Jo-Ann also was not able to attend but offered a reason that I certainly could not just say suck it up and come on in...
So Chet, Bill and Jerry enjoyed the morning with of course the Hamilton Engineers filling up the table in the same room with a half dozen members.
Chet relayed his story of enlisting in the Army in the late sixties. When he left the house, Dad offered some sage advice to his son: "make sure you don't volunteer for anything and don't bring home a wife". Somehow Chet forgot both suggestions as he acquired computer skills with a hand up saying, "I can do that" and at the end of his tour arriving back home with a new bride in hand. Both not a bad deal!!
BIll relayed the story that he and his newly acquired cats got published in the cat adoption newsletter that he read. After adopting the two cats, Bill took a couple of pictures of he and the cats in their new home in Windsor Ct. The pictures and a thank you note were sent to the agency and when Bill was reading the new newsletter from the agency, there were the pictures and his thank you note.on page two! No phone call or sign off permission was seen by Bill for this exposure of his note and pictures. Today that certainly would be handled a little differently. The latest on this privacy issue is every other Web site is asking about Cookies before you can proceed to the content you need in your search for a better life or solve one more problem in your life.
Jerry shared a story about visiting Burlington Vermont to see his youngest son in an art show. The show was on a Thursday evening and was displaying the silk screening results of the recent class of 10 that had finished taking the class. I was surprised that it was so well attended and that most of the people in the room were of college age. Initially I thought that there was a heightened interest in the arts being in college town, but then I noticed the crowd in the corner gleaning beers from one of the local breweries in the area. Free beers in a college town does not go unnoticed.
Your Scribe
Jerry
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PHOTO GALLERY
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| As seen in Burlington Vermont just tooting its horn a few days before Christmas |
Below: aftermath of the January 1998 ice storm in central Vermont:
