Tuesday, July 31, 2007

John Francis Visit



John Francis, banjo player and author of PlanetWalker, How To Change Your World One Step At A Time came to speak and perform at Cornell and Grassroots. Thanks to the fact that I am married to his Ph.D advisor's awesome daughter, I got to spend a nice amount of time with him. We passed the banjo back and forth, and were accompanied by the guitar of our mutual friend, Jerry Mirskin. Gail and I ate a really swank dinner at Banfi with him instead of a meal at the laid back, hippie vegetarian hang out.
Of course I took him to see some of Ithaca's finest sights.
In case you don't know who John is, he gave up motorized vehicles for 22 years and didn't speak for 17 of those. If you would like his book, I still have some copies and owe him the $.

John Francis Visit

It seemed like he had a good time doing it and telling his story.

John Francis Visit


Folks were rapt by John's appearance at Grassroots. They started lining up early to get his book. A cloudburst as he finished cut sales short.

John Francis Visit



It looks dark as John headed back to Ithaca with Gail and I, but we still were able to stop for a view of Taughannock Falls. Thanks to Marilyn and Alan for getting John to Ithaca and Grassroots, and Irving for helping to get John to safety when he walked out of the Amazon with malaria.

Thursday, July 19, 2007

Revisiting the Scene

Lots of family in town this week to stay at a cottage on the lake so we had dinner at our house then walked to the wedding site. Here's three sisters and their newest sister-in-law. And me.

Revisiting the Scene


Here's some of the darling nieces at the waterfall.