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Clay Nichols writes from Austin, Texas, where he is the founder and director of the theater academy at St. Stephens Episcopal School. He lives on the campus with his wife, Kim, and their three children: 6-year-old Wilson, 3-year-old Riley and baby Cooper. He also continues to write. His play O.T. was produced at the Actors' Forum Theatre in Los Angeles last March, and his book on filmmaking, co-authored with Troy Lanier, titled Pulling OffYour Shorts, will be published in April.

From across the pond, I received a charming e-mail from Kris Moller Henley. She writes that last June she "temporarily abandoned the UK, my two daughters and their bewildered father for a long weekend in Manchester, Vermont, and Lisa Colby's wedding to Tom Crawford! It was a glorious, sun-kissed event from start to finish, bringing Lisa's single days to a close with style. Getting lost between the Albany airport and Manchester gave me and Bridget Hust lots of time to catch up (although jet lag may have made my conversation incomprehensible), and we later joined forces with Lisa (now Dr.) Lee and her husband, Neil Rojas. We were a small but enthusiastic Dartmouth contingent, including Lisa's father, Sandy Colby '70, Tu'72. Lisa looked fabulous in her strapless dress and armful of white peonies. Looks like Happily Ever After to me! It was probably my last Dartmouth wedding—bittersweet, beautiful, very American. Back to the land of tea and drizzle."

In other nuptial news, heartfelt congratulations to Caroline Luft, who married Stephen Largay '93 in October. Carrie and Stephen, who didn't know each other at Dartmouth, live in New York City.

In the business world, Carl Walker has joined Dorsey & Whitney LLP as a partner in the banking and commercial group. Along with his corporate and banking work, Carl plans to work to support urban development projects. Carl joins Dorsey from Torys LLP, where he has been since 1997. His practice focuses primarily on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and private equity transactions.

And Joe Nedder has been named CEO of SofCheck, an independent provider of software analysis and verification technology. Joe is the former president and COO of Availant, a leader in high availability software and services. Before Availant, Joe was a director at Cambridge Technology Partners and he previously worked at General Electric. He's also an adjunct professor at the Olin Graduate School of Business at Babson College.

As I write this column at the end of December, I have just read this magazines previous cover story about a life gone horribly wrong. It makes me thankful for all the little things, and determined to hug my children a little harder each day. My best wishes to all for a safe and healthy2005.

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