1981

Well, Fluffy is thawed and buried, finally. Chris Blaski has acquired two new kittens, named Nina and Eleanor. According to a reliable eye witness, both are adorable, frisky, and importantly alive. If they make it to June, I will pronounce them Official Class of 1981 Tenth Reunion Kittens,

Which brings me to The Reunion, to which I have alluded to in this space for several months. It has come to my attention that, as of this date, a lot but not nearly enough of you have indicated you'll be joining us in Hanover the weekend of June 15 17. This leads me to one of three conclusions. Either most of you have moved to Ecuador in the last six months, and so have not received Pat Berry's urgent missive on this subject. Or you don't live in Ecuador, and you simply don't realize how much fun this is going to be. Or else, maybe, you just keep forgetting to send in your card.

The stunning Official Class of 1981 Tenth Reunion logo you see nearby was designed by Gail Chen. Expect to see this logo often come June, on Official Class of 1981 Tenth Reunion coffee mugs, designer jeans, expensive German automobiles, you name it. Gail just joined the promotion department for Time Inc.'s new magazine, Entertainment Weekly. This after a stint at a start-up graphic design firm. She and husband Jim Morris live in New York.

Jim Jankowski also is working feverishly to make this bash a success. He is in charge of the Official Class of 1981 Tenth Reunion beverages. He and Shari hang out in New London, N.H., where they're expecting their first child any minute. Jim works for a computer consulting firm called Dartex Software.

Bob Hannah does not know it, but he is under consideration as designated supplier of Official Class of 1981 Tenth Reunion Snack Food. Bob was just made field marketing director for Frito-Lay's southern business area in Atlanta. Similarly, Steven Cutcliffe, a brand new vice president at Albany-based brokerage McGinn, Smith & Co., has been secretly nominated for the post of Official Class of 1981 Tenth Reunion Investment Banker.

Which reminds me. This weekend won't cost much, but it will cost $110. It will cost you more if you register after April 21. Our stalwart treasurer, Brent West, will contact you about this separately.

Now, I'll bet a lot of you out there are mumbling, "Hmmm, this reunion sounds great—probably the best weekend I'll ever nave in my entire life. But who's going to be there?" Well, there's a very good chance that Martha Forward will be there. Actually, I don't know that. But Martha did send me a beautiful postcard with news that she is registrar at Prescott College, a small Arizona school for liberal arts and the environment.

I'd say Laura Barbuto almost positively will be there. I'd say that, except she's getting married, so who knows? Laura is signing on in May with Vince DeAngelo, a lawyer in Hartford, where Laura is a consultant. The honeymoon question provided grist for their first great conjugal compromise: She wanted Hawaii, he wanted Finland (?); they settled on the Pacific Northwest.

So stop procrastinating. Send in those response cards today.

Do it for Fluffy.

57 Rutland Square, Boston, MA 02118

TENTH REUNION