As I write this column it is 79 outdoors and 84 inside. Unbearable. I realize you will be reading it in January, when it more than likely will be much colder—we could even have snow.

Following is news that I read recently from Dartmouth.

Brian Mann ’02 was quoted in the Valley News. “That cliché about people will forget what you say and do, but they’ll remember how you make them feel? That was Buddy, because he poured himself into people,” the former record-setting Big Green quarterback, now the William & Mary athletics director, said about the late Buddy Teevens ’79. About 400 people gathered on the Green in late September to remember Buddy, the Robert L. Blackman Head Football Coach, who died September 19 following injuries from a bicycle accident in March.

I really enjoy getting fan mail from younger classes. The column is being noticed. I have had three letters in the U.S. mail from younger classes. Keep the fan mail coming—and thank you Rachel Groh ’12 for the most recent.

One fellow, Robert Laidlaw ’44, even called me twice on the phone. Turns out he roomed with my husband, Leo, in 1941. We had a nice chat about hearing aids and other pleasantries of the aging process. He has a new “dear friend” where he lives.

I regret having recently heard of the deaths of three classmates: John Rosenfeld on August 15, 2020; Elliott Dressner on January 15, 2017; and Luis J. Zalamea on February 24, 2013.

The College sends me news daily and I will forward to you when I think it of interest.

I had a nice chat with Jon Mendes, who will become 103 on November 3. I plan to help him celebrate. He reports that all is great. When you read this in January it will have happened.

I tried to get some news from Tom Harriman—maybe soon. For now, hope you will have had a great Thanksgiving!

—Joanna Caproni, 370 East 76 St., Apt. A 406, New York, NY 10021; caproni@aol.com