I’ve never really liked (or understood, for that matter) football. It monopolized the TV in my house every Sunday from September to February, not to mention Monday nights. And don’t get me started on sports radio – my dad and I had dinner with Eddie Andleman on the WEEI Sports Huddle every weeknight. But […]
Archives: Kim Bastian
The Show on the Road
The week before winter break was a little crazy for everyone around here. My advisees were busily finishing assignments, rehearsing for the big concert, traveling for soccer games and of course packing for the three week hiatus, among about a million other things. In the admission office we were full steam ahead too – not […]
It’s Thanksgiving?
My new desk is enormous. Seriously, I feel like a banker when I sit there, which might be a good thing as the new director of financial aid. It’s different from the one in my old office in several ways, but up until about a month ago, the major way was that it was so […]
Are We There Yet?
I would safely put money on the fact that Thacher is the only school in the country where “new faculty orientation” takes place at 10,000 feet. When I was interviewing for my job in the admission office I heard about the amazing outdoor program with its week-long camping trips that are so central to the […]
The Imagination
The power of imagination appeared evident this Sunday, as the cast and crew gathered to strike the set of the fall production, Six Degrees of Separation. How disheartening it seemed that so much work could go into this creation, only to be taken apart in a few hours. And so it appeared that once the […]
“Hard Work!”
“Hard work” the JV girls volleyball team chanted in a huddle last Wednesday. The call echoed the walls of the Cate Gymnasium, but the scoreboard taunted Thacher with a 13-8 lead, favoring the home team. Cate fans filled the stands in the fleeting minutes of the final set and Thacher’s Coach Vyhnal set the scene […]
Riding, Shooting, Singing
Recently, we had Big Gymkhana weekend. Being with Little Jo was fantastic and I am going to miss her so much. At the beginning of the year, I thought I could have practically picked out the gymkhana winners, but you never know until the season starts. There were people who hadn’t ridden before Thacher that […]