The dribble effect of the paucity of news worthy of this column is like the proverbial Chinese water torture. Take that, oxymoron fans! Christine Fuller helped break that by sending along news that she and Ben Fuller had dinner with Jim Riffle and Mimi in May, when reminiscing was rife. Efforts to convince them to attend reunion proved fruitless, although you’ll read the Fullers’ names below! Skip Coggin has shareda comprehensive muse about what it took to get into Tuck. It concludes with, “What this all showed me is that if you want something badly enough, and you work hard to achieve it, you can just about accomplish anything. That was a valuable lesson that has served me well through life.” I caught up with Paul Robinson, who, with Wes, spends summers in an old family cottage in my backyard of downtown Chatham, Massachusetts. I never knew! Coleman Colla shared news common to us of a certain age: “I won’t make it to the 65th. I’m not traveling much anymore, and my wife just made me surrender my car keys too!” Our 65th reunion will be upon us when this column is published, and we expect those traveling to include Mary and Hal Bernsen, Linda and Jim Crawford, Jim Dougherty,Ann and Mort Fisher,the Fullers, Bill and Bruce Gemberling, Frances Wright and Craig Haines, Ted Kleinman and guest,Susan and Art Lindenauer,Brendan and Benny McAdams, Don McCree,Carleen and Don McIntyre,Vicki and Tryg Myhren, Helen and Joel Portugal,Sandra Hurd and Joel Potash,Lonita and Ray Robbins, Eleanor and Mike Simberkoff, Robin and Sam Smith, Jim Spence,Lucy and Walter Stackler,Linda and John Trimble,Scotty and Walter Vail,Pat Gregory and Otto Wagenbach,Marty and Larry Weltin, and Dick Norris andJane Yusen. A highlight of what’s to come will be storytelling sessions focusing on “Promises Kept,” “Sports in our Lives,” and “Favorite Dartmouth Memories.” Those should be mesmerizing! Sadly, look online for the obituaries for Cal Dyer, Dave Stevens, Bruce Barber, Phil Livingston, Pete Crane, Graf Berger, J.M. Engels,and John Sherwood.

—John Trimble, 99 Mooncussers Lane, Chatham, MA 02633; jtrim99@comcast.net