Although little attendance at my SamKat 2008 Blog book review, There was one good suggestion from my lifelong friend Carl Clark at thew PHS reunion. I inadvertently leave too many extraneous notes from posts I copy and I need to do a better job of self-editing to avoid that. Thanks Carl! You are right. My A-Plant friend, Ramey Sonny Hoskins, tells me to keep on keepin on. Of course Sonny is a conservative Christian like me.
The best comment at the reunion was from good friend, Hortense Bemse Robinson, who said when she made her regal appearance Saturday night: "This looks like recess at the nursing home."
I whispered to Gwili that she should seek out who takes the greatest numbers of pills a day. I was cocky in my mind about winning that query since I tke 13 in the morning and six at night in addition to my insulin shot. She whispered back that she takes 20 in the mortning and was still counting up in the 20's including the night pills when I interrtupted and told her to just forget it.
Fred Buckley, still living in Portsmouth, but first time reunion attendee, and his lovely wife are celebrating their 59th wedding anniversary this month. I thought Jeanie and I might win that one, as we celebrate our 59th January 19, 2011. Shot down another suggestion of mine for Gwili.
Some may be a little older than our 17-19 year ages upon graduation- now 77-79, but all looked great to me. We 39 who made it with spouses or friends are 34% of those living of the 212 who were graduated. Our necrology has 97 people we remember as excellent acquaintances.
Patricia Richards Whitehead attended for the first time and she made some lovely crystalline gifts for Gwili and for each of us. Russ White cancelled late, but had a gorgeous PHS 1950 craft gift for each attending alumnus.
Visits with Jim Scott, the fastest member of our class, D.E. Newman, Doctor Tom Swope, Tom Dickson, Ted and Anne, Tom and Carolyn and Carl and Emma were special for us as well as so many other good PHS alumni friends. Tom Lynch whispered for me to keep it up with the blog. Nancy Sisson Follis lives in Lexington and is also a UK fan as some may know that I am.
So many other good friends and conversations. Aren't we P'Town alumni lucky people?
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