Hello, ’87s!


Hope your 2015 is off to a great start and you are keeping your resolutions. The deadline for this column was at the end of December and I am thankful to Allison Bleyler McDonald for sharing some news about what she and husband Jock McDonald were up to during the holiday season: “Jock and I are meeting up with Amy Baker and family tonight at the Iron Horse in Northampton, Massachusetts. We’ll be catching up and seeing blues and rock guitarist Johnny A., who was recently inducted into the Boston Music Hall of Fame. Amy’s Christmas card notes that she started work at Guidewire, lives in San Francisco with husband Skip Pile and daughter Molly (8). Allison and family were lucky to spend the first part of the New Year in chilly Hanover cheering on the hockey team during the Ledyard Bank tournament.”


Seen any good movies lately? Allison saw the movie Big Hero 6 and noted in the credits that classmate Kyle Odermatt was special effects supervisor for the film. He was involved with a few other films my kids love and is working on another animated film due out next year.


—Lisa Pabich Damon, 2124 Ashwood Ave., Nashville, TN 37212; lisa.damon.87@alum.dartmouth.org; Allison Bleyler McDonald, 43 Hop Brook Road, Amherst, MA 01002; allisonmcd@gmail.com