Prez Kirby tells me that he and Brownlee have had their fourth virus shot: good idea! There was an interesting article in the January/February issue about John Caldwell’s son, Tim ’78, who was a four-time Olympic contender. I got a comeuppance of late when I realized Warren Daniell ’48 (with whom I briefly ran track) resides in Newbury Court near here in Concord, Massachusetts. He’s on my to-do list for a future “jaw.” My doings include a splendid trip with my eldest, Rebecca, to sunny and warm L.A. for seven days in February. Lee “Sak” Sarokin writes, “Our chorus has revived itself” and Sak is the designated drummer—drums brought out of storage “after a two-year sleep.” After my plea for newsy notes, Jilly Harned writes: “This is turning out to be my year of traveling, accomplishing two of my bucket-list trips to Greece and Alaska. Please pray that another virus doesn’t rear its ugly head.” Godspeed, Jilly. Our peripatetic former longtime newsletter scribe, jaunty Joe Medlicott, is at it again! He will be teaching his memoir course for Osher at Dartmouth beginning in early April. He has taught this course for three decades and is still going strong. The 50-year book that Joe produced and edited (along with Jack Kent) is my bible to this day. Nob Hovde writes: “Long story, quick version: I went down for the count and was resuscitated by EMTs; then emergency room, regular hospital, rehab in Naples, Florida; then a private jet with two pilots at 4,000 feet for three hours to an assisted-living place in Portsmouth, New Hampshire. It’s an upscale place—the kids won’t tell me how much it costs—and my daughter-in-law decorated it with photos from my Naples bedroom and upscale furniture. Nice! Call anytime on my cell, (508) 246-0947.” I got some good news from my email plea of late. Any of you reading this (and you all do), please keep the news coming. Two classmates have left us: Robert “Bob” J. Misery and Peter Brown Nottage.

—Tom “Smiley” Ruggles, 8-5 Concord Greene, Concord, MA 01742; (978) 369-5879; smileytmr@aol.com