

The years are adding up......in a good way!
You remember the old rhyme, “First comes love, then comes marriage, then come....” all the kids, grandkids, and great-grandkids in their...
Jan 18
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The years don’t mean a thing
The years keep rolling by, reminding us as they go of the people who remain dearest to us. Old friendships often fall into that category....
Jan 18
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From simple to extraordinary
A number of our class members are artists, working in various media. One of them, Stoyan Dulgeroff, uses a simple tool—a collection of...
Jan 18
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Sometimes the stars do align
In 2018, Marcia Stegath Dorr came back to Ann Arbor from Oman, a country on the Arabian Peninsula where she had been living and working,...
Aug 16, 2024
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“So, what are your thoughts on USC and UCLA joining the Big Ten?”
The 2024 NCAA football season was just weeks away when Colleen McLean Calver posed this question to the class Facebook group, as reports...
Aug 15, 2024
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A brief tale about a not-so-brief act of kindness
There are friends, good friends, and then friends who go so far beyond the extra mile that no amount of thanks is enough. Tom Bloomer is...
Aug 14, 2024
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Not all of us will do something as momentous as this
Being a U.S. citizen is something that most of us take for granted, but becoming one if you’re not, is a milestone event. Duane Brown ...
Aug 13, 2024
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Family Ties
As many of us have figured out—or already knew—by the time you get to our age, being with family trumps just about everything else. To do...
Dec 13, 2023
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Jane Kenyon is remembered
The Writer’s Almanac began in 1983 as a radio program hosted by Garrison Keillor of “Prairie Home Companion” fame. It’s now available...
Dec 13, 2023
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Old friendships can be the best ones
In 2007, a group of “Ann Arbor girls”, some of whom are friends going back as far as elementary school at Angell School and Burns Park...
Dec 13, 2023
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The Iguanas are still getting together
Pamela Conn Hyde stays in touch with Don Swikerath, a member of the Iguanas, a garage band started in 1963 that became one of Michigan’s...
Dec 13, 2023
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If you’re going to add another birthday, this is the way to do it!
Three friends whose birthdays lined up within days of each other decided to celebrate them together this year—and not just anywhere. How...
Apr 28, 2023
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