2018 is the first year in the last 7 vintages where a majority of our grapes will be harvested in October rather than September. Last week we were happy with this, but as I type this it is raining. Not a big deal yet, but it does make you twitch a bit. At least the […]
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Robert Gallaway ’59
What are the odds of meeting the first African American to be accepted and graduate from Thacher? The first thing you need to do is get prostate cancer. Then, you have to decide on Proton Beam Therapy at Loma Linda University Hospital. Then, you have to get half naked in a dressing room before your […]
Ted Schneider ’63
Fidela and I were in Santa Fe, NM (we bought a condo there a few years ago, and find ourselves spending more and more time there) having lunch in a favorite restaurant when this man walked by. I said to Fidela “That is Bruce Donnell.” She said “Are you sure?” He came back by the […]
Katie Ballou Calhoun ’83
Guess who we found at the very top of Half Dome in May?? Calhouns on vacation ran into a Thacher EDT group with Mr. Sawyer! I was woefully out-of-shape and appreciated his encouraging words as I barely made it off that rock and down the cables. Many thanks to Mr. Sawyer for his sage wisdom […]
Lt. Will Wilder ’05
I returned to the states in May. On the way home, you fly on a military cargo plane from Camp Leatherneck, Afghanistan, into Manas, Kyrgyzstan, where the US has a small town for all transiting troops (basically a bunch of tents, a couple 24-hour dining halls, a 24-hour gym, and a couple shops). While I […]