A lot to report this week, so we better get right to it. We have birthdays, anniversaries, graduations, Mothers Day, end of semester and retirement - all in one letter. We should space these out a little more during the year.
The photo included here (that looks like an updated version of the Beatles at Abbey Road) is Margaret's bachelorette party this past weekend in DC. Very happy occasion and so glad that Melodie, Johanna, Kathleen and Annie could all be in the photo (along with Emily from Wesleyan and Julie from South Africa). It sounded like a smashing good time, that included dance lessons, dinner, karaoke and then a club. (An aside on these photos - Pop's Weekly Letter is getting scooped by Facebook, but that's okay. The more places we see these photos, the better)
Mary and I had driven down to DC with Annie to see Margaret one more time before the wedding. Mary resisted going to the event herself, so we all took vicarious pleasure in hearing about the fun. We had our own fun with Andrew and Margaret and Annie at a barbecue on Friday evening and then again on Sunday morning, probably too early for their taste. We missed Johanna, who was staying with Jeff and Melodie, but did get a chance to see Kathleen, as we drove her to the airport on our way home.
We stayed with Gerry and Dennis, and had our own celebration and late (for us) evening made possible through a rousing game of dominoes. A word to the wise - we intend to pick up this game in a serious way and challenge all comers who end up in Pittsfield. We also drove by our old house in Bethesda to see a gaping hole in the ground, to be filled with a big mansion in the next few weeks. We did get a chance to stop by and see our old neighbors who helped us shovel through some terrible winters.
Our summer is filling up. Happily. Peter had a great idea to go see the two best teams in the major leagues this September, out in Cincinnati. We're also heading out to Chicago and Wisconsin by way of Rochester in June. Speaking of Rochester, we had a nice long chat with David and Paula, and heard about Paula's art and David's trip to NYC on insurance fraud matters - not his, but some mighty big schemes.
Other major news is Andrew's impending retirement. Can you hear the ovation and laughter and jumping for joy. Yes, you can hear jumping. Congratulations, big guy. He intends to find contract work here and there, and hopes it will come into effect this July.
Andrew wrote this about picking up Claire last week at Hope: "We are now officially one down, three to go with Claire at Hope. Lur and I went up on Thursday and packed her up yesterday to finish the year. While packing the car at one point, on the street outside her dorm, I turned to go back to get more stuff, and was faced with two cops, one with pistol drawn and huge German shepherd, the other with an assault rifle. Needless to say, it was a moment of distress. They moved on looking for someone. On the way out of town, Claire got a text from her roommate that a local bank two blocks away, was robbed. Just in time for the start of the annual tulip festival. One does not think of Holland, Michigan having this sort of action."
It's also the end of school term for Margaret and Annie finished this week. Sean must be finishing up as well. Tina? And, of course, I finished, and have been celebrating every weekend since March - thank you Mary.
We went to Boston last weekend to my college roommate Steve Tobolsky's 60th birthday party. We saw his mother and brother for the first time in years, maybe since our undergraduate commencement. We stayed with Cliff and Sheila and discussed hiking in Maine and New Hampshire this summer.
Happy birthday to Sean and Matthew and happy anniversary to Peter and Janet. Soon we'll have another May anniversary for Margaret and Andrew. We're off to Lancaster PA this week, and the big day is the 16th.
Joe will be coming home for that big day. He is in Poland this week for an annual European banking meeting. He said he had a great trip up to Scotland to visit St. Andrews.
Oh and did someone forget to say Mothers Day? Not me. Hope all the mothers had a wonderful day. I know one who certainly did.
It was wonderfully warm in Washington, with leaves on the trees and the azaleas in bloom. We'll get there.
Love to everyone from up here.
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