Here’s what we’re looking at for Zoom 68 sessions in 2023:
Class President Bob Heiss reports:
The subjects are the fascinating world of gardening in January, and an insider’s view of the City of New Orleans in March. Because of the general appeal of these Zoom programs, I strongly encourage you to invite your spouses and partners to join us.
The Fascinating World of Gardening, January 21, 2023
5pm Eastern, 4 Central, 3 Mountain, 2 Pacific
Zoom link to emailed in advance:
Emcee: E.J. Strassburger
Garden Story Tellers:
John and Lynn Fulkerson, Litchfield, CT
Bart and Debby Jones, Cornwall, CT
Ted McMahon, Seattle, WA
Robin Norris, Sheffield, MA
Bob Stanton and Mandy Noschese, Southport, CT
EJ and Mona Strassburger, Pittsburgh, PA
Bill Whitman, Greensboro, VT.
The subjects are the fascinating world of gardening in January, and an insider’s view of the City of New Orleans in March. Because of the general appeal of these Zoom programs, I strongly encourage you to invite your spouses and partners to join us.
First up, later this month, is gardening. The topic will include much more than just property beautification or how to grow roses. Moreover, the stories shared by our presenters of their odysseys will feature geographic diversity—East/West, urban/rural
Coach Chafee always touted tennis as a life sport for freshman PE. Williams didn’t offer gardening for PE (at least as far as we can remember). But we are sure Chafe would have agreed that gardening qualifies as a life sport.
These stories are going to be personal, not technical, and will reflect the varied backgrounds of the storytellers and their garden locations.
The Insider’s New Orleans Monday March 27 2023
5pm Eastern, 4 Central, 3 Mountain, 2 Pacific
Zoom link to emailed in advance:
David Marcello and John Kinabrew will share their perspectives on New Orleans, giving us a view of the city through the eyes of two locals in a ZOOMcast at 5:00 pm Eastern time on Monday, March 27.
David will describe how “people and things that went before” impart special meaning to his memories of notable city sites, from the simple joys of consuming a Central Grocery Muffuletta on the levee, while watching the Mississippi flowing past the French Quarter, to the complex politics of a preservation clash that decided the fate of this same riverfront real estate in “The Second Battle of New Orleans.”
John plans to discuss continuing connections between Williams and his hometown, including how two recent alums took very different paths to Williams and are now in important positions of leadership in the community. He will also discuss his work at the Pontchartrain Conservancy and its efforts to ameliorate the effects of climate change on New Orleans.
Both David and John hope to avoid a standard “travelogue” presentation of New Orleans in favor of something more personal to each of them. We hope you’ll join us for what promises to be an interesting encounter with the Crescent City as seen by two classmates who have lived there since we all graduated so many years ago!