1977

The late Harrison Wilson must be smiling broadly from above with the turnover-free tour de force son Russell turned in orchestrating a stunning Super Bowl win for the underdog Seahawks. Russell is an undersized quarterback at 5-feet, 10 5/8 inches, but has more leadership qualities than bigger men at his position.

The Winter Olympic Games from Sochi, Russia, saw an American podium sweep for the daredevil discipline of freestyle skiing. Proudly brandishing his silver medal was Peter Kenwor- thy’s son gus.

Peter’s Bones gate brother Rob Kemeny has submitted for our approval some 1 Tuck Drive memories (rated PG, of course). According to rob, “there is a room in the house called the blue bedroom. Robert Frost stayed there because he loved the view and the large tree in the back yard. Walter Cronkite, an ardent Democrat, was sitting in the library with my mother and father. After several cocktails my mother told Walter that some time ago Richard Nixon sat right where he was now sitting. Mr. Cronkite, visibly shaken, stood up, raised his arms above his head, made two peace signs and then started to exorcise the spirit of nixon from the room, yelling, ‘out, out damn….’

“Back in the mid-to late-1970s the sec- ond favorite place to eat after Thayer was the President’s house. it was called a ‘Kemeeni chow down’ and i hosted many, many fraternity members, women and whoever was in the vicin- ity at the time to a late-night breakfast of eggs, bacon, toast and whatever else was left over in the fridge. The record was probably 75 people and some may still be in the house as they went on self-guided tours afterward. Good thing the folks traveled so much.”

A literary email arrived from Joey Gleason, whom you can like at Facebook at J. Boyce Glea- son. His book Anvil of God garnered a coveted starred review from Publishers Weekly and a “highly recommended” from the historical novel Society. Joey used a sabbatical from work in pub- lic affairs and crisis management to fashion the first three chapters of Anvil of God. After that, there was no looking back. Joey now consults on his own when not working on book two of his series.

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