As I write this column, August is coming to an end. There is a slight coolness to the air in Nashville, Tennessee, and schools are back in session. I’m planning to cheer on the Dartmouth women’s soccer team when they are in town to play at Vanderbilt. Go Big Green!

It has been fun hearing about our 50th birthday celebrations. Karen Boyle shared a photo from the Coliseum in Rome, Italy. “For my 50th (in May) my family and I took a nine-day cruise to Greece and Italy. It was spectacular!” Anne-Marie LaMarche Valencia wrote that she celebrated her birthday with a 1960s Mad Men-themed party. Judging from the go-go boots and dresses in the photo, I’m guessing it was a fun time.

Thanks to everyone who came out to celebrate our 50th birthdays in Hanover. Keep the birthday news coming!

“The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been,” according to Madeleine L’Engle.

—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