Class Note 1991
I had so much timely news last issue that I was not able to share the updates that many classmates posted on Facebook on the 91st day of the year, April 1. It happened to be Easter, the day after Passover, April Fool’s Day, and the end of a crazy winter that dragged on forever. Here are some of the posts.
Kristin Savilia: “Watching my four kids open their Easter baskets. Persuading my three teenage children to participate in the egg hunt to appease their 5-year-old brother.” Melissa Robbins Mahr was “recovering” from hosting Passover Seder for all of her local family. “Lots of turkey and stuffing leftovers here,” she noted. Mitch Epner posted two truths and a lie: “I’m getting ready to take my wife and daughter to Easter services. I’m enjoying my new position as of counsel at Rottenberg Lipman Rich, P.C., litigating patent and white collar criminal defense cases. I’m in final consideration to serve as the president’s counsel in the Mueller investigation.”
Jen Clark was having fun indoor skydiving with extended family in Nashua, New Hampshire. “Not even kidding,” she said. “We will all be risen!” Interestingly, Robert Muir was also enjoying indoor skydiving, but he was in Montreal! Nice photo, Rob! Stephanie Rouzee Pendleton: “It’s a beautiful day here in Savannah, Georgia. After Easter services and lunch we will be out watching golf.” Andrew Field was enjoying Easter in Shanghai; Josie Sandler had just arrived at the pool in Sarasota, Florida, where Matthew Johnson was also enjoying some “Florida sun and family fun”; and Rebecca West was skiing the powder at Grand Targhee resort in Alta, Wyoming. “Convening in the church of Mother Nature,” she wrote.
Linnea Alvord was trail running (and posted a great photo) with her “trusty companion,” a Weimaraner rescue, Billy. Allison Schutte was doing her taxes while her kids were out skiing. “Something not quite right here,” she wrote. Carter Payne: “Watching it blizzard outside in my garden in north Idaho. Getting stoked to head to a Mexico house rental on the beach in a few days with family.” Jennifer Silver was reading on her sunporch after the first day of gardening in Vermont. “Pitbull Luna is basking in the sun. Kids are both sick, but I hear them goofing around in the house instead of doing homework, so they’re not that sick.”
Most of us are going to be hitting the big 5-0 in the year to come, so I’ll close with this great update from Lissie Bates-Haus: “Church. Cleaning. A nap. Embracing middle age by seeing if my new progressive contact lenses will let me actually use my camera again!” These Facebook “virtual reunions” are a great way to stay connected. Our next one is coming up soon on 9/1, or as we like to call it, ’91 Day. Please visit our page, “Dartmouth Class of 1991,” and share a bit about your day or your life. Enjoy the last days of summer!
—Deb Karazin Owens, 166 Colonial Drive, Fairfield, CT, 06824; djowens@optonline.net
