Health is precious, as Julie Hahnke, a Marblehead, Massachusetts, consultant and author knows after a stroke seven years ago. She suffered death of 20 to 25 percent of her brain cells, resulting in aphasia and the inability to talk, read beyond grade-school level, or use the right side of her body. After significant recovery, she founded nonprofit Cecropia Strong, which sponsors events, makes treatment and research grants to universities, and funds gifts to rehab hospital patients and horseback riding lessons for those with disabilities. What a courageous and life-changing endeavor. See her website at https://cecropiastrong.org.

Crist Vial called in August. Crist and his wife, Elizabeth Boelte Vial, live in Dallas and have a nephew who started at Indiana University this fall. Yes, yes, we are the center of the universe. Crist was buying dorm hall pizzas for his nephew’s upcoming birthday and needed recommendations. I sure wish I’d had an uncle like Crist freshman year. Although I didn’t need help finding piles of food 24/7, so I retract that. Crist is a successful oil, gas, and energy attorney currently litigating a case in North Dakota involving a client’s minerals investment held hostage by a private equity firm. Crist has missed reunions and hopes to get to the next one.

Robert B. “Bobby” Charles’ new book came out September 15. Cherish America: Stories of Courage, Character and Kindness took Bobby six years to write and relates previously untold stories about remarkable people demonstrating courage and nobility in challenging circumstances. The stories tie together through Bobby’s life and career in law, public policy, and public service. He called it “perfectly fitted to this moment and the year or so ahead—a sense of can-do, inspiration, grounded optimism, patriotism, and hope!” Bobby and his wife, Marina, live in Maine and Washington, D.C., and work as president and managing member, and senior vice president, operations, respectively, at consulting firm The Charles Group.

A class birthday email prompted Ted Trabue to share a charming birthday message from daughter Justin, a California winemaker. We drank her delicious wine last reunion. I learned so much. First, while I was swilling Blue Nun, Ted was starting a gourmet wine and cheese club in Wheeler. I guess they didn’t need my access to superb Wisconsin cheddar, but I didn’t know Ted then so it’s understandable. He later wrote speeches for D.C. Mayor Marion Barry and was president of the Washington, D.C., school board. Today, he’s a commissioner for the D.C. Public Service Commission. What a resume! Justin called Ted “the coolest dad” and “my biggest supporter, making sure to taste test and approve every new vintage before it gets to y’all.” Now, Ted is Dad of the Year in my book, but not because he’ll suffer through tastings of excellent free wine. Sign me up for suffering. Lucky Ted and lucky Justin. Thanks for sharing your wine with us!

Speaking of sharing, share your stories with David Eichman and me. Otherwise, you may regret what we fabricate for lack of material.

—Philippa M. Guthrie, 2303 Woodstock Place, Bloomington, IN 47401; (812) 325-7512; philippaguthrie@yahoo.com; David Eichman, 9004 Wonderland Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90046; dme4law@sbcglobal.net