The Bulletin - Summer 2011 - Miss Porter's School

5160Th reunionreunion CommitteeAnne Firestone BallElizabeth N. BoydNancy Livingston HopkinsElizabeth Cushman PutnamSarane Hickox RossMelissa Moffett Rumboughann Wigglesworth Clemmitt writes,“I recently moved from Marylandto a retirement community in NewHampshire. The retirement communityis called Kendal at Hanover. M. Virginia(Ginny) Cadbury lives here. Rememberher husband, Mr. Cadbury, who taughtus at MPS?”Carol hardin henderson writes, “Icontinue to teach flower arranging at theSunset Club in Seattle, and look forwardto exhibiting at the World Associationof Flower Arrangers (the 10th WorldFlower Show) in Boston in June 2011 atthe Seaport World Trade Center.”duane lloyd Patterson writes, “In2010 I was lucky enough to participatein two trips abroad. The first was toYorkshire and Northumbria in Augustwith a compatible group from Bellport.In October, I joined a Barnard group toLake Como, which was gorgeous!”52Maria-helene (Mia) Manville de lairewrites, “I have moved to Boston andhave a fabulous view. I am lookingforward to seeing classmates who livehere or near. I am in France usuallyfrom the end of April to mid-Septemberevery year.”Jean G. lincoln writes, “I am stillliving comfortably in my house in ourTwo Echo Cohousing community. I amalso enjoying new friends and activitiesin Brunswick and Bath. I do love Maine,in spite of its recent political turn back.The rugged coastline is interesting toexplore (mostly by car these days) andfortunately I’m friendly towards allweather—even snow. All four offspringare doing fine. One is an artist, one alawyer, one a children’s book author,and one in government in D.C.”54anne Meserve davis writes, “Weare expecting our fifth grandchild inJuly. We are hoping it will be our firstgranddaughter. Chet and I went toBotswana in May for 11 days. This wasour second trip there and our first in theKalahari Desert section of the country.”susan (sally) d. Thomas writes,“I continue to enjoy the LifelongLearning program at Harvard and allthe activity in Cambridge. I took all sixgrandchildren to the Tetons this pastsummer, which was very rewarding.Holding body, soul, family and friendstogether is my higher priority. Myeldest daughter finally got her Ph.D.from Oxford this December. Tripletgranddaughters are now 14. How didthat happen? Best to all.”5655Th reunionreunion Tri-ChairsSusan Thompson BuckBeulah Woolston DurfeeNancy Niles Faesyreunion Gift ChairAnn Posey Fergusonrobin rowan Clarke writes, “Mygranddaughter Celia O’Brien is amember of the class of 2013. It hasbeen great to reconnect with MPSthrough her. Celia makes fivegenerations in my family to attend theschool!”57alice eaton schernthanner writes,“The class of ’57 is getting smaller.I feel fortunate I’m still ventilating,vertical and verbal. All our childrenare the same. We now have fivegrandchildren. We are not very active‘grands’ but enjoy them all. The oldestis 5 so a basket of toys graces ourliving room again! Neither Andy nor Ihave fallen over anything YET. Wish Icould make it to Reunion but probablywon’t. I learned to learn at MPS. Thedifference between schooling andeducating! Very important lesson!”laning (lanny) Pepper Thompsonwrites, “I have grandchildren at last!Three girls now ages 3, 2 and 1. We’reall near Oakland, Calif., so I get to playwith them often. It was a long wait, butwell worth it!”debora Wolfe Tuck writes, “I finallytook the plunge and had a jointreplacement in my right knee. Mobilityis better and now I spend my days goingto the YMCA. I look to connect withany who venture to Maine.”60Katherine houston bradford’spaintings were featured in an exhibit atBrick Walk Fine Art in West Hartford,Conn. Brick Walk Fine Art describedKatherine’s pictures as “perfectlybalanced with a dream-like quality inthe implied narratives.”Mary T. emeny writes, “Well life getsbetter and better. My daughter Aliciagraduates from medical school June 1and starts her residency in New Havenin mid-June. Will have two babies, I’llbe coming up as often as possible. Mysons are in New York City and Beijing.Sustainable - actually regenerativecommunity project is gaining tractionand continually more interesting.”39Class|notes