The Guv’nor

On Friday night, in conjunction with Gallery Walk, our friend and Realtor Dave invited us to a little reception to introduce the new Director of Windham Youth Services. And then, lo and behold, the Governor of Vermont walks up and starts chatting with everybody. Like almost everybody else in Vermont, he got his teeth cleaned in what is now our house.

It’s the first Governor either of us have ever met, and he seems like a genuinely likable guy. He told us – hilariously – about his recent trip to Sundance where he met the Utah’s Governor and his family and various members of the Utah ruling elite… suffice it so say that his observations about the differences between VT and UT match our own.

The picture here includes all the great features of giving someone else your phone to snap a pic. There’s some thumb, and the color was hopelessly messed up because of the bright background and dark foreground, so it’s heavily corrected here.

Neither of us had ever met a real live Governor before… what a thrill! And at the same time, what a simple validation of one benefit we enjoy living here… it’s a small state, which means you’re just that much closer to everyone.