The fires are awful and continue. I am looking out the window and can’t see the Bay for the smoke. One daughter lost her cabin in Big Sur and her daughter escaped in the middle of the night and is now quarantined at Oxford for a PhD in refugees. I am pretending to do architecture […]
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Sid Liebes ’48
Linda and I sold our forested Atherton home of 50-plus-years that, when we moved in, had on one side an acre with a one-bedroom cabin and, on the other, 20 acres of foxes, raccoons and skunks. We moved to a retirement community in forested Portola Valley (the Sequoias). We’ve been covid-confined to the property for […]
Rika Howe Toll ’94
We continue to marvel and baulk at the world during 2020. A daily roller coaster of ups and downs. Both Nate ’94 (high school) and I (early childhood) are still teaching in person at Heritage Hall in Oklahoma City. See attached picture of Nate’s physics class. Our teenage daughters Adelaide and Josephine also keep us […]
Peter Cole ’83
Two milestones for our family this year: Jarka and I celebrated 20 years of marriage, and we sent our only child off to Babson College in Wellesley Hills, MA. Now we need a dog. Oh yeah, we got a dog during the Pandemic, and, no, she is not called Covid, but it’s tempting. In the […]
Roger Ignon ’62
Roger stepped into the breach to provide Personal Protective Equipment for health professionals during the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic. Using his business acumen and ties within the Chinese business community he provided thousands of FDA Medical Grade face masks and shields for the Covid-19 unit at Torrance Community Hospital in Southern California. During the height of the […]
Kirk Kirkham ’50
Wife, Katherine, and I have been sheltering in place in San Francisco (and Bolinas) since March and complying meticulously with Covid-19 protocols. But come 4th of July we couldn’t resist our traditional adventure to camp and hike in a particularly wild, rugged and isolated part of the Big Sur area to which we have special […]
Eric Sweet ’63
My wife, daughter, and I caught the coronavirus in late February. We left on a one-week trip to Switzerland in the last week of February, with symptoms, but unaware that what we had was the SARS-CoV 2. Upon returning to Portugal, we stayed at home, although the population had not yet been ordered to quarantine. […]
Annie Wallace ’85
It was great to “see” everyone during our class “Zoom union.” The last few months have been spent re tooling myself for teaching French online. I’m truly hoping we can find a way to function with kids in school without seeing Covid-19 surges. Very grateful to be able to head outdoors and spend time in […]
Becky Beckett ’80
I have retired from my position as Director of Alternative Education for the Ojai Unified School District. I submitted my letter before the Corona Virus hit, but I think my timing was pretty good!! I am fostering kittens, getting back into dog training/behavior modification (really more for dog owners) going for long walks, reading and […]
Dyke Messler ’68
I split my time between Maine and South Carolina and have wintered in Charleston, SC, since 2006 where I have a wonderful, pre-revolutionary house built 25 years prior to the formation of the United States! I decided to depart two months early this year due to Covid when beaches, parks, restaurants and stores were closed. […]