Answering my plea for some filler for this issue, Joel Leavitt—our class baby (youngest member)—modestly announced he was selected to be an astronaut for the next moon mission, bought out Musk from Twitter for $10 billion, is starring in a movie with Taylor Swift, and is the next Patriots quarterback.

Bill and Teri Carpenter replaced long-loved Lincoln with a 17-year-old border collie (Casey) that is deaf with limited eyesight and gets the family out and about with six to eight walks a day!

Joe Medlicott is working on his men-only Osher class for spring “with a big snow in sight.“ Mo Devoe has attended three Zoom meetings (organized by Dartmouth women) and highly recommends them.

Prez Bob Kirby and Brownlee were shocked to be talking with members of the class of 2025 at a recent Dartmouth Club of Princeton, New Jersey, meeting: “seventy-five years later than us!”

And Jilly Harned spent June with Julie, granddaughter, and daughter-in-law in Greece; sailed the Dodecanese Isles near Turkey; and did Squam Lake in July (revisiting the scene of Jack’s ashes), Alaska in August (Denali Park and Fairbanks) dog sledding and rafting, San Francisco for turkey day, and highly recommends airport wheelchair (I concur). Her bucket list is realized!

Your scribe is spending time in Aurora, New York, with oldest daughter Rebecca, who lives on Lake Cayuga. I am writing this column five days before Christmas and wish you all a good ’un.

Regretfully we note the passing of Richard H. Peterson.

—Tom “Smiley” Ruggles, 8-5 Concord Greene, Concord, MA 01742; (978) 369 5879; smileytmr229@gmail.com