Hey, ’19s!
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July-August 2020
I got a note (with a $2 stamp—the one with the upside-down bi-wing airplane—philatelists take note) from “big spender” Joe Medlicott advising me of the passing of Sally McCrillis Eldridge (widow of Newc, who passe
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.
It is late April and Eliza and I are hunkered down during this novel coronavirus pandemic. Life remains calm, but somber, as Galveston Island, Texas, seeks to keep the lid on the spread of infection.
Here are a few Covid-19 comments from April.
Steve Gell: “We’re hunkering down like most of our classmates. We don’t seem to be in a hot zone yet but that could come.”
It should be late June when you read this, but it’s late April, midway through the seventh week of the stay-at-home order in New York State, when I’m writing. How are you feeling? What’s going on? Are you still wearing masks?
What will you no longer take for granted in 2021?
With more news than we can fit into this space, and the disruptions caused by the pandemic, we’ve elected to improvise.
In a world measured with almost continuing uncertainty, changing daily, it is virtually impossible to predict what news will be accurate, relevant, and considerate as you first read these remarks. We’ll give it a try.
As we read these notes in the July/August issue of the alumni magazine, one hopes we can be looking back and saying that we sure are glad the experiences of March, April, and perhaps May are behind us now.
