Monday, February 2, 2026

January 14 Gathering Ground Report; Perils of Winter

 GATHERING GROUND REPORT - JANUARY 14, 2026


Jo-Ann and I were sitting at the table for a while when I noticed that the clock was 10 minutes after the hour, so I called Bill.   The response on the other side of my phone was "I was just about to leave for my 8:30 breakfast scheduled for every Friday morning"  I reminded him that today is Wednesday and his response was, I'll see you in a few.

Last month, Jo described a need for a small tray with five open slots with a very detailed dimension.  Bill sent her a prototype the very next day and after a few adjustments, the finished version was in JoAnn's hands.   The Picture of it looked like a master carpenter had created this piece!


Bill's carpentry: from design to finished product.


Dave showed up a little late but was anxious to order and catch up.   Both he and Jo-Ann have gotten their Eversource rebate notice for excess generation from the Solar panel configuration on their houses.   I'm still waiting for Eversource to install the new meter to set me into the generation cycle.  Panels have been sitting ready for over one and a half months.  
Three Around the table ordered the Corned Beef Hash, definitely homemade and definitely a very popular item at the table since its discovery by Pete.  Thanks Pete....


Bill was shown the magic of editing a picture to add or remove content that degrades some of our pictures.   Some of the AI magic that seems to add value to our lives.




Bill is recovering from a "yard sale" at Okemo Mt after running into some rough terrain on the side of the slope and hitting the deck with some good force.   Nothing serious but his movements have some limitations in his current daily life.

Your Scribe
Jerry 

THE VERY NEXT DAY....PERILS OF WINTER

PS to the monthly news for January 

Skiing for 65 years has finally caught up with me with a hard fall on one of Vermont's southern slopes, Okemo Mt.    About the 5th run down the mountain with my youngest son and a friend (Bill was absent this day) and some snow snake flipped me around and I slammed down on my right hip.   

That next day after a stay in Springfield Vt Hospital, I entered the surgical room and arrived an hour later with a Titanium nail fix for my femur.   Something called Intramedullary nailing (see picture below).

No prediction on the time frame for repair but it has now been 2.5 weeks and I'm getting ready to get the hell out of my house!

See you next month in the next newsletter.

Jerry