Magazine - summer 03 - St. John's College

{Alumni Notes} 35
more efficiency, congruence, grace,
ease, and satisfaction to their lives). I
am currently training in the Human
Validation Process Model, based on
Virginia Satir’s work, which I find
complementary to the Feldenkrais
method of somatic education. I live
in Arlington, Va., with my husband,
Michael, and our younger daughter,
Amy. Our older two children are in
college. The nest is emptying.”
As a postscript, she offers these
lines from Adrienne Rich: “Anger
and tenderness: my selves./And now
I can believe they breathe in me/
as angels, not polarities./ Anger and
tenderness: the spider’s genius/
to spin and weave in the same
action/from her own body, anywhere—/even
from a broken web.”
1977
BILL MALLOY (SF) retired in December
2003 and spends his time writing
and working on photography, in
addition to volunteering four mornings
a week holding babies in the
(NICU) at Texas Children’s Hospital.
He plans to get ESL training soon in
order to teach English as a Second
Language. “Other than that, I am
blessed to have both of my parents,
ages 88 and 83, who’ve been married
an amazing 63? years (so far),”
he writes.
JUDY KISTLER-ROBINSON (SF)
recently visited classmate ELIZA-
BETH (COCHRAN) BOWDEN (SF) at
her home in Marblehead, Mass. The
two celebrated their birthdays and
being friends for more than half their
lifetimes at the Kripalu Yoga Center
in the Berkshires. Judy also watched
the cows changing pastures while
visiting LYNNE GATELY (A) in
Randolph Center, Vt., where
Lynne is a librarian. Lynne and her
husband, David, run a dairy farm
and a maple sugar business. Judy
also visited KEITH HARRISON (SF) at
his home in New Hampshire. Keith
teaches law at Franklin Peirce Law
School. Judy has been enduring
Minnesota weather for more than
six years now and is longing for a
temperate climate with mountains.
Anyone with job leads in New
Mexico, please contact Judy!
1979
Poetic entry no. 3 for this issue of
Alumni Notes, from QUINN
CUSHING (SF), an ode from Brooklyn:
“Winter’s cold blues chase/
The summer’s heat/through the
city’s sewers./They meet and rise,/
Coiling about my feet—Steam rising
from the street/after the promised
thunderstorms/have passed.”
1980
LISA LASHLEY (SF) writes: “I’m married
to Santa Fe attorney Ron Van
Amberg. We have two children,
Alex, who will be attending CU
Boulder in the fall, and Virginia, who
is a sophomore at St. Michael’s High
School. I am teaching algebra at
St. Mike’s where I am head of the
Math Department and advisor to the
National Junior Honors Society. I’m
still involved in Boy Scouts and Girl
Scouts and plan to accompany my
son on a two-week back-packing trip
to Philmont this summer!”
BOB NESLUND (SFGI) was named
“Latin Teacher of the Year” by the
Classical Association of Minnesota in
November 2003.
1981
JIM PRESTON (A) and ELLEN MINER-
VA (A80) “are happily raising their
girls in Silver Spring, Md. Call anytime:
301-585-8554.”
1982
MARIAN BETOR BAUMGARTEN (A)
writes: “My husband, JONATHAN
BAUMGARTEN (also A82), was
ordained a Deacon in the Episcopal
Church in February 2004. Jon continues
to work as a systems analyst in
Chicago, and I continue to work in
human resources administration.
Martha will be a sophomore in high
school this fall, and Peter will be
entering 7th grade.”
1983
JOHN HARTNETT (SF) has been
named communications director on
the Santa Fe campus of St. John’s.
ANN WALTON SIEBER (A) is currently
living in her hometown of Houston,
where she’s working as a “bohemian
freelance journalist.” She recently
coordinated all the media for Houston’s
Art Car Parade. On a more
serious side, she’s involved in
starting a halfway house for men
released from prison.
1984
PETER GREEN (A) has finally left
Prague and finished a year at
Columbia Business School as a
Knight-Bagehot Fellow. He expected
a return to journalism this summer.
“I’m in New York now and reachable
at petergreen@pobox.com. See you
all at the reunion!” Peter is compiling
the virtual yearbook for his class
reunion. Pictures and updates can be
mailed to: sjc84reunion@
hotmail.com or to Peter personally.
TRISHA (FIKE) HOWELL (SF) is
pleased to announce the publication
of her fifth book, The Adventures of
Melon and Turnip, a children’s
picture book. Trisha would love to
hear from former classmates and
can be reached at Trish@Howell-
CanyonPress.com
NATASHA WALTER-FISK (SF) writes,
“I’m going to the Institute of
Transpersonal Psychology, studying
for a degree in counseling, planning
on being licensed in 2008. Getting
divorced from Peter. Gioia, 8 years
old, is a joy. When a plant moves to a
bigger pot, breaking the roots hurts,
but then it flourishes. Sending kindest
regards to all.”
JOHN C. WRIGHT (A) sends an
update on his literary career: “My
fourth novel, Last Guardian of
Everness, came out in August. The
second two volumes of the previous
trilogy—a work of science fiction—
made the N.Y. Times Recommended
Reading List for 2003. The titles of
that series are: The Golden Age,
Phoenix Exaltant, and The Golden
Transcendence.”
1985
MARY WALLACE (SF) and Eileen
Lynx were married in April in Vancouver,
B.C., Canada. Their marriage
“is recognized by the civilized
nations of the world,” writes Mary.
1986
ELIZABETH BARNET (SF) writes:
“Spring of 2004 finds me 14 years
married to Rufus Blunk, whom I met
working on a building project in
Nicaragua in 1987. We have lived as
land stewards in Marin County on
Tomales Bay with a big garden, wood
sculpture, and sustainable living
projects. I have taught yoga here
for 12 years and home-school my
children: son Jasper, nearly 11, off to
performing arts camp on a piano
scholarship; son Silas, now 8; and
daughter, Savilia, just 5. I am reading
Catherine Clinton’s biography of
Harriet Tubman and collecting
signatures for a petition to make
Marin County GMO-free. Hello there
to old friends. E-mail me at
lizbar@svn.net, or P.O. Box 636,
Inverness, CA 94937.”
STEPHANIE RICO (A) and TODD
PETERSON (A87) welcomed their
second daughter, Sasha Gabriele, to
their family this past November.
“She joins her sister, Tia Linda Rico
Peterson, who is 2 years old and loves
her new baby sister. You can reach us
at srico@mail.sandi.net or
boredout@concentric.net.”
1987
News from BOB HOWELL (AGI) and
his wife, Lynn: Bob is the head of the
English Department at the O’Neal
School, and Lynn is the director of
the Southern Pines Public Library.
Their daughter Emma graduated as
the valedictorian of O’Neal’s class of
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