I applaud Bob’s efforts to keep the blog open, although he’s probably fighting a losing battle with Facebook. I have enjoyed reading the blog, but I suppose that keeping it alive means others have to put pen to paper (figuratively). I have actually been thinking about lab school days recently. My parents are celebrating their 50th wedding anniversary. Due to geographic constraints – they live in western Australia, I live in the Boston area, and my brother Guy now lives in Switzerland -- we gave up on the idea of a party, and instead have been contacting old friends of theirs to send letters of congratulations, reminiscences, old photographs, etc; to be made into a scrapbook for them when they visit here in June.
Our family only spent twelve years in Hyde Park, 1966 – 1978, but of course it was a large part of my life, and they still have many friends from that time. I have been looking through old photographs and exchanging letters with their friends. It’s been fun making contact with people who I have not seen in decades. But definitely challenging, since the all important rolodex is 11,700 miles away, and we’re trying to keep it a surprise. I recently spent an evening trying to locate a friend in Phoenix (unsuccessful) and in Tasmania (successful, yess!!). If your parents were friends, please ask them to send my parents a note to via my email address hcno@msn.com.
Otherwise, life ticks over here in Acton MA. We’re patiently (somewhat) waiting for spring to arrive and plants to bloom. I missed last year’s reunion because our oldest, David was graduating from high school. We now have two high schoolers and a college freshman in the family. Dan Deutsch lives nearby and we see each other occasionally. Dan is also experiencing the dubious joy of paying college tuition for his son. Also got together last year with Ann Dyrud and her mom Rose when my parents visited. Regards to all.
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