1964

1964

Pick up the pace, accelerate Retire, take off with your first mate Take flight, tempt fate, it’s not too late

Over the reefs don’t hesitate.

The above was written as I retired and headed south on our boat. We need challenges to keep our lives relevant. I asked classmates whether they were adopting a “sedimentary” pace or stepping on the gas as the clock ticked.

Duncan Hughes and his wife broke loose from their Covid bonds with a road trip around Lake Michigan visiting Ray Neff and others. Don Mutterperl writes that he and his wife, after surviving severe bouts of Covid, launched a somewhat sedentary trip to Maine and visited Jim Latham on their swing back home. John Lane and his wife have been busy meeting some great folks on travels to China, India, South America, and Alaska. Jerry Kolski writes that he has also been doing some post-vaccination traveling.

Jim Stewart says for orthopedic reasons he has given up tennis, golf, and kayaking. He chose instead the low-impact sport of skydiving this year as a vet representing the 82nd Airborne. He has also taken up the challenge of painting, following the example of Vincent Van Gogh. Bob Reidy is “dealing with time and relevance” after a career in ophthalmology. He recently traveled from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to Boston to visit Chip Noecker. Chip has been taking onthe challenge of sponsoring young women from Middle Eastern countries to attend universities in North America.

Dan Dimancescu used his Covid timeout to catch up with his writing and film production, completing several short books on Romania and a children’s animation film. He recently caught up with Tom Seymour in Boston to reminisce about their 1966 kayak expedition in Japan. Lou Goodman has likewise been busy teaching international relations full-time at American University. This necessitated a dozen trips abroad in 2019, including one to Wuhan, China in November. He says, “I got tested right away to make sure I was not patient No. 1.”

Steve Sherman has been sailing the coasts of England, Portugal, and Spain, while Steve Blecher has augmented his East Coast sailing with atrip to the San Juan Islands and Puget Sound. He notes that we are at risk of becoming sedentary well before our remains become sedimentary. —Jay Evans, 512 Winterberry Lane, Duxbury, MA 02332; gjevans222@gmail.com

Jay Evans