Apr 1995

There is precious little in the hopper, this freezing February evening, to amuse and delight you (though you will be reading this note in the swelling spring — I think I feel a haiku coming on). I will deal what I have, in hopes some titillating gossip will reach me in time for the next column. I mentioned Julian Fisher a couple of months ago in connection with his gift of craft furniture to the Yale…

Mar 1995

Well, the holidays are over, twelfth night has passed, and we are now in that magical, tantalizing lull before the Super Bowl, and it is time to cast around to you for news of your class, destined to reach you at some point around St. Patrick’s Day. A reminder to all of you who run your lives by the rhythms of the calendar: it’s only 30 days or so until your 1994 tax return is due, a length of time which can be measured by…

Feb 1995

Apologies for missing the last couple of issues. I have been traveling hard (as opposed to hardly traveling) to unspeakable destinations, and have arrived home to find lots of bills and missed deadlines. Many of you have written in, and are probably annoyed at not having your prose in print. Tough. Waiting patiently builds character. I’ll try to dribble out some of the news, with the usual admonition that it would be awfully nice to…