Hello, fellow ’08s. As I write this column, 2020 is in its final days, so I hope you’re reading it in healthier and happier times! Thanks to all who wrote in.

First up, a couple of new babies to report. Mike Milne welcomed his second child, Nathan Hall, on August 27. “Two kids are a wild but very fun time,” he says. Mike was also promoted to partner at Cassidy Levy Kent in Ottawa, Ontario, where he practices international trade law. Congrats, Mike!

And Whitney Norton had a baby! Zoey Allyn Alexandra Gramis was born on September 26 and mom and dad (Evan Gramis, Occidental ’08) are thrilled. Whitney says, “Z.A.G. singlehandedly turned around 2020 for her whole family, and we keep telling her she’s good luck since she arrived just in time to phone bank for the election.”

Corinne Foster enjoyed a very white Christmas season in Wyoming, having sold her coffee shop since she will be moving to New Zealand in July. She says she will not miss the cold. Corinne has also been accepted as a Keep Nature Wild ambassador, picking up more than 90 pounds of trash on the Wind River Indian Reservation. “It’s been a blast, except for the cold, wet, white stuff on the ground. Once there’s enough to ski on I will quit complaining however!” she says. I hope that has happened by now.

David O. Smith reports that things are going well with his art. He’s still living and working in Seattle, drawing, painting. During the pandemic he enjoyed the company of fellow ’08 lightweight rowers over Zoom.

Finally, Bud Simis writes in to say that he misses everyone dearly and would like to take this opportunity to cordially invite the entire class to the grand, themed, costume party he will be throwing when the plague year passes. Invitations, presumably, to come at a future date. I’ll see you all there. Until then, keep on keepin’ on.

—Chris Barth, 315 14th Ave. NE, Minneapolis, MN 55413; (609) 405-9153; cbarthrun@gmail.com