Many of us use the hard-copy class directory, which was printed in 2013. The current class officers recently considered the need for a new directory, and at issue was whether to incur the expense of printing a new one or to resort (or, depending on one’s view, to move forward) to an electronically updated version. Some of us view electronic navigation to be about as daunting as, say, oral surgery or downhill skiing. On the other hand, many of us are also close to a nickel. You will be hearing about the shift from a hard-copy directory to a more easily updated version. A decisive factor was that many ’59s are still on the move, and a printed directory would be outdated almost from the outset. Some of our moves are only from one email address to another, but many involve real residences and real miles. There was a time when most of our moves were job-related and, later, many were climate-related. Two other factors are now of increasing importance, convenience or downsizing and closeness to offspring. Maureen and Ed Labenski have recently moved from just outside Stowe, Vermont, to Burlington, less than an hour away. The move obviously had little to do with climate and, as their children and grandchildren are in Brooklyn and Chicago, nothing to do with being close to offspring. The move, from a house to a condominium, was to leave behind the continuing maintenance of a house and grounds in the Green Mountains for closeness to shopping, restaurants, medical facilities and other conveniences of an urban setting on Lake Champlain. The early returns are that they are delighted with their decision to move. Nancy and Marv Sezak are also, as these notes are being written, on the move, in their case from Brockton, Massachusetts, to Walnut Hills, California. Although the move will involve both climate change and downsizing from a place where they have lived for more than 40 years to a unit in an over-55 community, the cross-continental move is to be close to their two sons and grandchildren in the Bay Area.

—Dick Hoehn, 845 Union St., Marshfield, MA 02050; (781) 834-4113; rhoehn@choate.com