A poll among us Codgers has revealed a split. Three of us have emerged as supporters of the Obama’s adminisTration’s attack on ISIS (The Islamic State in Iraq and Syria), while two have opposed it. (Two other members were not present.)
Family History
Among the fine presents received on a recent birthday, let me cite only the oldest. It came from my sister Maureen, who has been long established as our family historian.
She gave me an old photograph that displays some thirty people, both adults and children, members of my maternal grandparents’ extended family. The photo must have been made before the year 1900, probably in 1895.
Alma Mater Message
A message has come from my alma mater asking my views on the way for students to profit most from the college experience. This request pleases me because I judge myself as having something to contribute.
High Tech
Recently a close friend displayed a use of technology previously unknown to me. No, it was not a drone, or a robot, but rather an iPhone used as I had never seen it before.
What David did was respond immediately to my enthusiasm for a just-printed book written by my friend, Beth Macy. This work is called “Factory Man” and focuses on the achievements of the owner of a wood furniture company in Virginia.
College Clash
One experience in my college career stands out in memory more than any other. That was an encounter in the natural Science course of my sophomore year. That was a course intended for students like me. We did not intend to go one in science, nor were some of us capable of doing so.
Wigglesworth A-11
While serving with fellow alumni as “Marshall” yesterday (September 1, 2014), I met some of the Harvard freshmen students who now live in Wigglesworth, the dormitory where I once lived. In particular, I talked with the four residents of A-11, the very spot of my living with three other first-years.
Lap Top
The young woman suddenly leapt from the stage onto the lap of the gentleman sitting in the front row, right next to me. I was thoroughly startled, and, I must confess, a bit disappointed that the jumper had not chosen my lap.
In the role of Hermia in “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” this charming actress was one of fifteen lyric and aerobic performers for Shakespeare & Company.