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September-October 2020
The much-anticipated 55th reunion got the Covid-19 shove into 2021. Keep an eye on this column for more details as we and the College navigate the unknown.
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July-August 2020
What a difference two months makes. Last column featured plans for the upcoming 55th reunion, now deferred. This one is full of classmates’ discoveries of distancing via electronic media.
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May-June 2020
Greetings! It’s been an easy winter in Minnesota. I’m writing at the end of February, and we’re anticipating a couple of 40-degree days. Suitable reason to break out shorts and T-shirts. Forty degrees feels toasty after 10 or 20 below.
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March-April 2020
You will be reading this is mid-March, just the time to make spring and summer plans. Pencil in the 55th reunion, Monday, June 15, to Thursday, June 18.
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Nov-Dec 2019
Summer has been glorious in Minnesota. Too much water early, which was hard on our farmers, but generally free of the oppressive heat the rest of the country experienced.
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Sept - Oct 2019
This month, we have interesting news from non-retirees, as well as doings in Washington, D.C. But first, a call to action: The 55th reunion is Sunday, June 14, through Wednesday, June 17, 2020.
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Jul - Aug 2019
One of my references for this column is a rapidly decaying copy of the 1965 Green Book—cover flaking, pages sticking, classmates looking oh so young.
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May - Jun 2019
Greetings, classmates. I write from the polar vortexed North, where staying indoors with a good book and perhaps a glass of cheer is the best idea. For now.
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Mar - Apr 2019
Greetings. I am writing during the holiday season, when cheer is good, families are gathered, and news for the column is usually scarce. Not this year.
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Jan - Feb 2019
About the time you get this, Hanover will be in the grips of the great northern winter, as will my not-too-primitive Minnesota alcazar.
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Nov - Dec 2018
Ahhh, summer. Vacations, family fun, vicarious pleasures as grandkids do all the things good, bad, and hilarious we were prone to do back when. So, brace yourselves, lads. Mini’s coming up October 11-14, about the time this mag hits your mailbox.