Summer is a fading memory, and the snow will begin to fly soon, unless, of course, you live on the Gulf Coast like Eliza and I do. Snow, however, remains a reality for Cliff Ross, with whom I recently had a nice catch-up chat. We were both on a similar track at Dartmouth, dating women who would become our wives. Yep, Cliff and Robin are still married and living in Utah. I think he said he was in the Park City area and working part-time with the Salt Lake City district attorney’s office. I reminded him that he should come down out of those snow-covered mountains and join us for reunion next summer in the verdant Connecticut River Valley.

From the Hanover Plain comes another book written by Caroline Preston.Caroline was mentioned in these notes in 2011 when she produced The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt. I am pleased to report that she continues to produce interesting works, and I am in receipt of a copy of her latest—The War Bride’s Scrapbook. (Read a review in the September/October issue of DAM.) It is a unique “novel in pictures,” and I must say it rekindled fond memories of my mother’s own scrapbook from that era. The timeline begins in 1921, two years before my mother’s birth, and, as the title would suggest, takes us through the war years and beyond. Some of the pictures and layout are eerily similar to those in books that my mother kept. Caroline, thanks for the memories; well done!

Our class’ Facebook activity has been a little slow this summer, but there have been some entertaining vintage photos of classmates posted by Joe Durham and Andy McDowell. There was a particularly noteworthy photo of Dan Kenslea sporting his signature facial hair while carrying an adult beverage at a football game. Is that allowed? If you are not a member of our Facebook page, this photo alone ought to draw you in!

Winter is around the corner, but so is our reunion. Make ready, and get thee to Hanover in June.

Vox clamantis in Tejas.

—Stephen D. Gray, 3627 Avenue M, Galveston, TX 77550; (650) 302-8739; fratergray@gmail.com