7,220 DAYS:A MUSEUM OF HENRY

Memory Box Part 3 of 4

Perhaps we can laugh today when we remember him…… Henry and Alex Hofer playing frisbee in the tall grass in Maine in 2011. Note the bug protection acquired at the hardware store in Southwest Harbor.   Click here for the next one…

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Memory Box Part 2 of 4

Perhaps we can laugh today when we remember him…… Henry cracking up. Christmas in Old Greenwich 1999.                         Click here for the next one…

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Memory Box: December 7, 2014

 Perhaps we can laugh today when we remember him…… (Note: I had previously posted four large gifs on the same page but smarter people than me suggested I split them for better viewing. That way I can also provide a little background for each one.) Three year old Henry in[…]

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Henry’s Black & White Period

While he was doing a Mathematics course at Brown during the summer of 2010, Henry started  making a series of black and white “paintings” using black permanent markers on a white canvas. As usual with Henry I have no idea what started it and why, about a year later, he[…]

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Henry on Henry

Its spring 2010 and while preparing for his college applications Henry ruminates about his life and his passions in his typical stream of consciousness style: Well, lets see. I’ll just go down this list. Background: I’m not too unusual here, my family is a mix of Spanish, English, and French,[…]

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The Hat Years.

During a holiday in Hawaii in August 2005 Henry bought a green Na Pali Explorers baseball cap. He had never really worn a hat before. Perhaps he was seduced by the safety of the hard hat he wore during our sugar mill tour. Perhaps he felt it was finally time[…]

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The 2014 Henry Armero Award

The winners of the 2014 Henry Armero Award were recently announced at Carnegie Mellon University. The Award was established last year in Henry’s memory to promote creativity and innovation in computer sciences and art with a special focus on collaboration and community. This year two winning teams were chosen and[…]

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My Skiing Day: 2000

One of Henry’s First Grade assignments at Old Greenwich School was to write a memoir. The whole class would read theirs aloud at a special event with parents in attendance. It was nerve-wracking! Henry’s piece was about a skiing trip. He did a great job. It was beautiful and emotional[…]

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What is Fictional World History?

Henry and his friends started a new club at Greenwich High School which they called the Fictional World History Club. Apparently each member would invent their own country including name, language, customs and geography and then they would interact creating a new history of the world. The best way to[…]

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