With the mandatory “sheltering in” I have been inspired to go through old files, boxes and albums, something like an archeological dig in that one finds layers of one’s past in receding order. Much of Thacher, with pictures of the soccer team, the upper school, glee club Los Trobadores with Van and Barbara Griggs, etc., […]
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Sandy Walker ’48
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 […]
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 […]
Charlton Lewis ’48
For the last five years I have lived at a life care place (Meadow Ridge) in Redding, CT. But for the last 18, I have spent most of my time with Roxanne Wilke, a fellow Asian scholar whom I met at Berkeley in 1964. In 1972, she got herself invited to China where she interviewed […]
John Bissell ’48
I am here, healthy and happy in Boca Grande, Florida. Sorry about the fires and hope Thacher is safe! Clare and I are slowing down, but actually enjoying this new reclusive life style. This has been our first ever summer in Florida, and yes it was hot, but still there were beautiful migratory birds, flowering […]
Ted Rhodes ’65
Apologies if I already reported this shameless, self promotional news from last year: after several months of delay due to the Thomas fire and the subsequently disastrous debris flows in Montecito & Carpinteria, my Americana Cats band based here in Carpinteria was finally able to lay down 11 tracks of our debut CD of Americana […]
Tom Saidy ’82
Living in Washington, DC, in the Trump era is anything, but boring. I can see flames coming out of White House chimney from my office! Crazy days. Very different from my days working for George H.W. Bush back in the late 80s and 90s. He was such a great man. Went to his funeral and […]
Dawn Murray ’89
I was able to attend the retirement gala for the Mulligans at Thacher and see the beautiful land again. With the fires getting so close, it was amazing to see the green popping up all around. I dropped off my son at Cate as a freshman this fall – and continue to drop and pick […]
Diana Lewis Callahan ’84
Liam and I are thrilled that our oldest son Connor is graduating from Thacher in June and our youngest son Will will be starting in the Fall! So proud of both of them! Liam and I are working hard and launching our new organic cow yogurt. Look for it at a store near you! Thanks […]