I have been showing paintings at the Coffee Bar in Benningtonfor several years now ... 

 so ... we (Will and I, some painters and other friends) wrapped up this project over the summer and fall ...

 so, i spent a long day today with some woodworker friendstalking about current and past projects, future stuff,retirement, favorite projects, bummer projects, all that stuff. they asked me to send them links to this, and to that, and i forget what, so, i changed the dates on some previous posts that i feel hit someof the highlights of the past 45 years ...  ...