Boston 2008 - 06/06/2008

Phil here. Enormous thanks to Libby for hosting a wingdinger at her most accommodating digs in Brookline and to Ames and Joan Abbot for helping to organize same. Imagine my delight at being greeted by Joeugs and Kim Henley who’d trucked out from Longmeadow and brought along sister Susie Donovan. I was even delighteder to see Pete AD Roby standing behind. We were soon joined by Bruce Nickelson and Carl Gehring all the way from Mystic, CT (with a “D79” chocolate cake). And then followed a multitude of others: Carol Kurtz Bates, Sandy Pooler, Gary Dmytryk, Jim Geller, Sarah Leggat, Dave Schweitzer, Eileen Kane Szypko (and hubby Mark, honorary 79 mini-maid), Greg Johnson, Tom Tomai and Walter Webman Chick. That’s 18 classmates and 3 hangers on, a near world record. There was discussion of kids waiting on acceptance letters, bad backs, the mid-life singles scene, classmates who don’t need to work anymore, the Trustee election process, and the care of aging parents. (I heard menopause mentioned more than once, but managed to steered clear of those conversations.) Libby had to boot us out at 11, ’cause otherwise we weren’t leaving. Four Advils later, I’m feeling great about the whole affair.—Phil