Is Anyone Else Raising His Grandchildren?

Is Anyone Else Raising His Grandchildren?

Jeff Horton is dealing with a twist of fate in his life and wants to hear from other classmates who are raising their grandchildren.  He writes: “After my 33 year old son died in 2022, his two children came to live with me in Palmdale CA, north of Los Angeles.  As you all can imagine, it is exhausting, but it is also invigorating. 

I’d love to hear from any other grandparents acting as parents from our class at [email and phone in the full story].

Update:  Who is writing a memoir?

Update: Who is writing a memoir?

Update: With the impending Class Colloquium talk by Art Klebanoff, we are 1) issuing a “second call” for those people interested in writing their personal stories (see below), and 2) huddling as a group on a Zoom call on the day before Art’s talk — July 10th. Several people (listed below) have indicated an interest. 

Please click on this Doodle poll to indicate which hours you are available.  On Thursday, July 6, we’ll select the best time and confirm.

Yale Glee Club and Trains

Yale Glee Club and Trains

Reprinted from an email thread from Jim Sleeper.

“Someone just sent me this. I hadn’t seen it before now. (‘Spirit of youth, alive, unchanging, under whose feet the years are cast…’)  I was in the Glee Club in another century — 1966-68.

We once tried to do an impromptu concert in Grand Central Station, but we were shooed out of there by railroad police. But check out what happens now.”

Cleveland Morris’s Viva Sicilia Debuts Dec. 2nd

Cleveland Morris’s Viva Sicilia Debuts Dec. 2nd

Viva Sicilia, a series of 30 new paintings from Sicily by Cleveland Morris, will be on display in Cleveland’s studio gallery in Staunton, VA, starting on December 2.

This is the first in a series I’m calling “Second Acts” — reports on a classmates’ journeys from a highly accomplished first act to try something a bit, um, different and challenging.

Recording:  A Crisis in Today’s Republican Party?

Recording: A Crisis in Today’s Republican Party?

If you’re experiencing daily  headaches and anxiety from the constant drumbeat of news related to the upcoming midterm elections, the daily exposure of ever more surprising revelations related to the seemingly unlawful behavior(s) of the former President, to the attacks upon our institutions and democracy, then you were justifiably optimistic turning to Class Colloquium #…

Rejecting The Nature/Culture Dichotomy – An interview with Robert Horvitz

Rejecting The Nature/Culture Dichotomy – An interview with Robert Horvitz

Robert Horvitz is an Exhibitor at a new show sponsored by Lisbon’s Museum of Art, Architecture and Technology. This is a published interview with him, with lots of pictures from his days as art director of The Whole Earth Catalog. Click through for pix of geodesic domes, inflatable houses, pasted-up pages of Whole Earth, a young Stewart Brand, and an even younger Robert Hovitz — along with some thoughtful comments on the role of art.

Leaning into Taxes!

Leaning into Taxes!

Editor’s Note: It’s time to share our Second Acts, new commitments or zig/zags that might delight or challenge classmates. It’s a new section called “Onward,” and here’s the first one. (Send yours!)

Want an excellent mental challenge to hold off cerebral atrophy?! Here’s one you might want to consider. First, a bit […]

Patient, Heal Thyself

Patient, Heal Thyself

One Man’s Informed Attempt to
Navigate the Medical System

Editor’s Note: Our writer classmate Jeff has worked mainly as a science/medical journalist. He’s also the son of a doctor (Yale ’44). Following a recent health scare, Jeff offers some thoughts about the costs and pitfalls of our “sickcare” system. The bottom line: Have your wits fully about you if you want to survive.

Class Colloquium 12 – Recording, Transcript and Action

Class Colloquium 12 – Recording, Transcript and Action

Today we hosted a Class Colloquium addressing Alzheimer’s, dementia and other degenerative diseases for the Yale Boom group (Yale Classes of 1967-73).   Drs.  Art Segal and Ken Davis guided the discussion led by the two experts from the staff of Mount Sinai.  See the original announcement for background on the speakers and program.

Below is the video of the event, with the transcript. Several suggestions and interesting ideas are included in the Comments area below the post.

The Isthmus For Christmas

The Isthmus For Christmas

Editor’s Note: I’m still looking for News and other items ABOUT classmates.   Given gaps, though, I’m sharing stories, poems, essays, and other works FROM you.  This one’s a Christmas-time adventure story. See also Michael’s memoir about 1965, 1966, 1967.

Back in the 1950’s, when I was a skinny little kid with a preternatural love of geography, I used to spend long half-hours staring at the maps of the world and imagining myself somewhere out there. … One of my favorite romantic places to imagine myself being was on the Pan American Highway, that thin red line on […]