FALL 2021 57 CLASS NOTES co-produced in Southern California. Finally, if that’s not enough, he’s released an album worldwide called The Billtown All-Stars Live in Concert that was recorded last summer in his hometown of Williamsport, Pennsylvania. I’ll say that our classmate on the coast sure stays busy. Mark Dibble writes that two weeks after he and his got their second vaccine, they flew to Santa Fe, New Mexico, which is an annual destination. The trip always affords them the opportunity to step outside of their New England habitat and sample the history, topography, ethnicity, fauna, flora, and food of the old southwest. They love the adobe architecture, as it’s very elemental and calm- ing. Mark says it was great to get on a plane and do something different. He bought some cowboy boots but worried the locals would spot his New England gait immediately. Mark says the highlight of the trip was touring the Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and visiting her ranch about an hour north to explore the grounds on horseback. He asks for anyone to please let him know if you plan on visiting Santa Fe as he has lots of suggestions of what to do. My first post-COVID plane trip will be in July with my wife and children as we travel to see my family on Long Island for the first time in nearly two years. We took care to give my mother space during the pandemic as she’s approaching 85. She will get some big hugs upon arrival. I say I’m bringing my children, but my daughter Kelly Ann will be a senior at Tulane in the fall, while my son Brian will a freshman at Texas A&M. In addition, I do plan on getting to a football game at Trinity this fall and hope to see some of you there. That’s all for this edition. Stay safe, but go embrace life again and make up for lost time! 1984 Class Secretary: Anne Gurin Tall, 168 Wednesday Hill Road, Lee, NH 03861-6542; anne.tall.1984@ trincoll.edu • Class Agents: Sal Anzalotti, Erin Poskocil • /groups/trincoll84 Susan Greene recently sent me an “offer you can refuse” that, of course, I really couldn’t. Apparently, it’s now my turn to collect the news you feel like sharing with your classmates. Steve Tall and I are celebrating our 34th anniversary this year and have four grown children. Our youngest, Charlie, recently graduated from Clark University and is going on tour this fall with his band, Frances Forever. Our daughter, Emily, had a very productive COVID year, buying a house, getting engaged, and then eloping! They live in Austin, Texas, and Steve and I finally got a chance to visit in May. We are looking for an opportunity to visit our son Sam in L.A., hopefully before he’s already married! Our oldest, Chris, lives in our in-law apartment, so we get to see him a little more often. Steve has been running a trust company here in New Hampshire and regularly keeps in touch with Marc Ackerman and Bob Sansonetti . We also meet up with Steve Klots whenever he is preaching in Rye, New Hampshire. Weezie Kerr Mackey has survived a “wild and wooly year” and is still in Houston. She has been working for 13 years at Rice University as a writer in the business school. Two years ago, she went part time and started a co-working space with husband Rob. She reports, “I’m still doing both jobs until my sons are out of college (three more years). I love running Origin because I’ve had to learn all the things they teach in business school, and it keeps me feeling relevant.” She manages to keep in touch with Laney Lynch , Liz Lynch , Annie Mathiasen , Suzy Schwartz , Sue Rice , and Lisa Sperry . Paul Kramer reports from Michigan, “My partner (an R.N.) and I (public health labora- tory LIMS administrator) continued to work in person throughout, as working remotely was/is not an option for our lines of work. Things were a little hectic here as we were initially the only source of COVID testing in Michigan.” He hopes to join his partner as she travels home to Nairobi. Glenn Bradford writes, “This is my first-ever note to a class secretary, so I would think that you are already doing quite well in your new role. Let’s see. What to say ... I have two adult children, both boys. I’m retired, thanks to my wife, who continues to work. I had a long career as a computer programmer with AT&T and its spinoffs and a few-year stint at a computer security start-up. We’ve lived in central New Jersey for the past 35 years. Looking back, I do have fond memories of Trinity, of good friends (I chatted with Kathy Aiken Sullivan a few weeks ago), of being opened up to the world of ideas, and in particular of the wonderful Cinestudio. With more free time on my hands, I’m learning to design websites around projects that interest me—one was about a year in music and another about a presidential administration. Retirement harkens me back to how I felt as a teenager, when I had fewer responsibilities and the excitement of the possibilities ahead. If you can swing it, go for it!” Peter Stinson and partner Lisa met Steve and I for dinner while traveling through Portsmouth. Peter is a principal of Unicorn Hollow LLC. He says, “As to the notes, I’m alive.” Jane Melvin , a former class secretary her - self, thoughtfully sent an update as well. “For the first decade after we graduated, I joked about running a hot dog stand, and this may seem like it’s in the same category, but for real, like many others, we decided at the beginning of COVID to make a big move. Our son went off to the University of Minnesota College of Science and Engineering, and we packed up the dog and moved out of the home we’d raised our son in and relocated to Fort Wayne, Indiana. In classic fashion, it wouldn’t make sense to the rest of the world, but it’s closer to my ballroom dance studio, where I spend as much time as I can, it’s closer to Detroit (where my husband’s job will be based), and because everyone else is downsizing, we spread out in a house we love on a quiet, tree-lined golf course. Professionally, I hung out a shingle about 19 years ago and started a strategy and creativ - ity consulting practice, and it’s still going. COVID caused so much pain and heartbreak, and we, like so many, hope the path out also will include some healing of the divisiveness as well as brighter days in general. If anyone is coming through Fort Wayne, come on by.” Tom DaSilva shared, “I still practice foot and ankle surgery with Kaiser Permanente in Walnut Creek, California. Our daughter will be moving to Seattle in the fall to attend the University of Washington. So, we will have an empty nest for any classmates coming to the San Francisco Bay Area. I perform regularly with the World Doctors Orchestra, a charita- ble organization of some 700 physicians who travel the world to perform classical music for local charities. Our last performance before the pandemic was in Portugal and was attended by none other than our own Gerry Moshell. It was great to see him since he retired from Trinity. I am happy to report that he has not aged. If you are in any of the following areas, please let me know, and I will update you as to our upcoming concerts: London; Dallas; Tucson, Arizona; Boston; and Dortmund, Germany.” Elizabeth Davis offers: “May you all have made it through from ‘before times’ to ‘now times’ with enough wherewithal to carry on. Most days, I am quite grateful to have done so myself. The other days, I try very hard not to wallow.” 1985 Class Secretary: Stephen J. Norton, 9 Ninth St. SE, Washington, D.C. 20003-1333; [email protected] • Class Agents: Annette Boelhouwer, Bill Detwiler, Chris Doyle, Suzy Rittenberg Dyer, Ann Kezer Lazarus-Barnes, Angelo Lopresti, Steve Norton, John Wilson • /groups/715110825227355 Back in June, we had another virtual Reunion. The Kumospace cocktail reception, with our avatars working the room, was a new one for most of us. At one point, two Kat Castle Grants were moving about, and sometimes we were unable to hear the classmates we were smooshed together