Coast to Coast Reunions

I just returned from a gathering in Seattle, hosted by Bill Green and Diane Whitney, where I met with alums of the fifties through 2010 - it was a great international event that included Halley Keevil and Stef Superina coming down from Vancouver for the day.

A wonderfully sunny and cheerful day in Seattle

I returned to New Hampshire for a get-together at our home last Saturday -  our small group included Bill and Debbie Monroe (Bill - 1940s), Stott and Alice Woods (Stott - 1970s & '80s) with son Isaac, and Jeff Dalzell (1970s) and his sons Ben and Nick - in addition to sharing camp stories, we noted a bit of a Little Three rivalry in the presence of two Amherst and two Williams families.

Hopkinton get-together

The New Hampshire landscape these days is gorgeous and cries out for some in-the-woods activities, so, graced by Sarah Flotten's presence we enjoyed a wonderful afternoon of snowshoeing around our property yesterday. We have about five feet of snow, and the conditions were perfect for traipsing around on the hillsides. First thing in the morning we sat in our living room and watched four deer

Sarah and Marg on the snowy paths

grazing on freshly-fallen trees in our yard - on our snowshoe run we came across multiple bedding areas suggesting deer conventions are held regularly.
Sarah's about to head off for a week of visiting independent schools in this and the Boston area.  This is part of  program at my old school where Sarah teaches, Breck, which encourages faculty go out and see how other independent schools carry on the business of sharpening educational objectives.


I'm off to Wellesley, MA on March 6, and then Burlington, VT on the 13th.  These will be the last of the US gatherings, leading me up to a spring trek to Temagami - can't wait to enter the northern icescape - cold nights, warmish days, ice booming in the wee small hours of the morn and fist signs of spring unfolding - I'll post pictures when we get there.