John Fulkerson and Ted McMahon, both former residents of Brooks House, joined forces to to send us each three of their favorite poems. We’ve published Ted’s work here before, but this is the first time we’ve heard from John. From John Fulkerson’s collection: Thin Places I thought about Iona, a Scottish isle that’s thin and […]
Read articleWe’ve engaged in an impressive array of different pursuits, with some surprising career shifts, and unexpected accomplishments. We’re going to add to this list, but there’s no reason to delay exploring what we’ve put together here. Please know also that there are some striking photo sets within.
68 Creates : An overview of creative projects presented at “Their Own Write” session at our 50th reunion.
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When I’m –wait for it– 75
World Enough and Time I am 75 now – and one of the great gifts is that I can read almost perfectly. I can finally read Virginia Woolf and go silent at her gift. I can read Hemingway and know precisely what is good and what is bunk. I can read almost perfectly. I can […]
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Tales from the 60s (Part 3) – The Group W bench (Alice’s Restaurant in memory and in practice)
It was the summer of ’72. Vietnam was raging and the draft was foremost on everyone’s mind. After I passed my pre-induction physical at the Seattle Armory I followed the example set by Arlo Guthrie, the protagonist in the movie Alice’s Restaurant. I went and sat down on the Group W bench, reserved for those […]
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The Quizmasters Return
All who attended our 50th reunion remember the exquisite torture that Dr. Howard Steinberg and his accomplice our class president Bob Heiss put us through at our final dinner. Trivia at its finest, followed by music from the era. They are back now with a new batch of headscratchers, perfect fare for an evening, take […]
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Tales from the 60s (Part 2) — Lincoln Park Chicago, August 1968
Sunday, August 24 1968 is one of the landmark dates in the history of the 60s. Not a date like 9/11 or November 23 1963; most people don’t remember this date precisely, but they do remember this event. And even more what happened later that evening outside the Democratic National Headquarters at the Conrad Hilton. […]
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Zoom in? (or Zoomed out?)
Let’s Zoom again like we did last summer/yesterday/last week? Ummm, Zoom is now a verb, more frequently heard these days than zerox or google, and no longer needs capitalization (“Thank you so much for the zoom info and the questions.”).There are many other Zooms (the PBS Show, and from that Zoomers, Zoom-aholic, Zoomerang, the lens […]
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Live from everywhere: ’68ers send in their video selfies
We’re all going through this pandemic in different ways–reading more, cleaning out closets, taking online courses, walking, biking, and so forth. In these videos, some of our classmates tell us what they have been doing…
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