Dear friends, I have done it! In my haste to dispose of some waste, I tripped and fell on a cement floor and smashed my upper waist and broke my left elbow and four ribs. Nieces Bonnie and Barbara have both come to help Aunt Jane and home health aides started in mid October. My son, Dean, and his wife, Robin, will arrive tomorrow for the winter in their Fort Myers, Florida, home. So I am beautifully cared for, just sitting here puckered at what I have done to myself and the inconvenience I have caused for myself and others. Anyone have something more cheerful to think about?

The College reported the death of classmate Merle Perkins, Ph.D., of Madison, Wisconsin, on April 16, 2017.

Dum vivimus vivamus!

—Jane Hanks, 2630 Kings Crown, Fort Myers, FL 33908; jhanks1@gmail.com