A holiday greeting from your class secretaries:


’Twas the night before deadline,


Nothing left in the tank,


Not an idea was flowing,


We were totally blank.


Then we remembered,


Our Facebook was strong,


We’d tap those connections,


Who used to play Pong.


Merrie Levy was first,


From Ridgewood, New Jersey,


Reporting her status,


Is still very worthy.


She’s at B of A,


Sitting on a big perch,


Where she supervises,


All of global research.


Rick Bayless reached out,


From abroad he reports,


That he’s been on a kinda,


Sabbatical of sorts.


Now that travel,


In foreign countries abates


(goodbye New Zealand, Australia,


Argentina),


He is practicing law,


In not one, but two states


(California and Oregon).


In appeals and opinions,


Of the New York AG,


Jodi Danzig uses her great law degree.


With habeas corpus, 


She’s never bored,


Having been duly praised,


With the Louis J. Lefkowitz Award.


Off to West Hollywood,


Where Lisa Liberati helps kids,


Take standardized tests,


And secure dream school bids.


In her time off,


Away from the grind,


She spins hoops of fire (really!),


And perfects making wine.


Now to wrap this one up,


We were shocked and surprised,


To bump into Jolie Epstein Kapelus,


On the Upper West Side (Zabars!),


She was happy her kids,


Were all back in school


(she coordinates tutoring for hundreds of


low-income N.Y.C. kids),


And seemed a bit worn out,


From the soccer whirlpool


(even her husband has weekend games!).


Such a nice surprise, though,


Catching up with a hug,


Now to all, we must say,


Happy holidays…chug!


—Jan Gordon and Derek Chow, 132 Wildcat Lane, Boulder, CO 80304; (303) 448-1580; janandderek @comcast.net