Time is flying by. It’s fall again and Nanc, Cody and I just finished hiking the DOC trail leading to the skiway. Though the leaves are not yet at peak, the air is cool and dry and the colors are just emerging. Seems like only days ago we were on the boat in Maine enjoying those rare summer weekends. The class of 2015 (yes, that’s correct) has just started—as hard as it maybe to imagine, 40 years have come and gone since we were in their shoes.


Not much to report other than Simmy is long overdue for a newsletter and that Caroline Preston has a new book coming out in a few weeks, The Scrapbook of Frankie Pratt: A Novel in Pictures. Published by Ecco/HarperCollins, Caroline’s new book follows her previous three other books, Jackie by Josie, Gatsby’s Girl and Lucy Crocker 2.0. Caroline and her husband, the writer Christopher Tilghman, live with their three sons in Charlottesville, Virginia.


On a sadder note, I learned from alumni records that James Marion died in early July. Jim had a distinguished career serving in the Orange County, California, district attorney’s office for 18 years before becoming a Superior Court judge. Our thoughts go out to his wife, Gail, and their three sons.


Drop an e-mail or send a note when you get a chance and by all means let us know when you’re in the neighborhood. Nanc sends her best, as do I.


—Jim Bildner, 5 Boardman Ave., Manchester, MA 01944; (617) 495-6513; jim_bildner@harvard.edu