Winter 2021 /
1949
Prudence “Prudy” Baldwin Kaye
(Corvallis, OR) is living in Corvallis, Oregon close to family and friends. “Because of the pandemic I am not singing in my three choirs. A loss to my spirits, but ‘Surgere Tentamus’ as ever,” writes Prudy.
1955
Amanda Nyce McIntyre
(Carpinteria, CA): “A few of us had an overnight reunion organized and perfected by classmate Nancy Rhodes Burrows — old school ties are strong!”
1959
Cynthia “Cindy” Nash Hummel (Billings, MT): “I am
glad to report that in spite of the raging pandemic, my husband and I are relatively healthy. We spent two weeks in December in Whitefish, Montana with our sons and their families, but our travels this past year obviously fell by the wayside. Fortunately we were able to spend last Christmas with our family in Cabo San Lucas followed by an amazing month-long marathon to Argentina and Antarctica. In Argentina we visited Bariloche, famous for its majestic Alpine scenery. From Bariloche we returned to Buenos Aires, then flew to Ushuaia (on the south coast),
where we boarded our ship for the 12-day cruise south to the Antarctic Peninsula. We returned home at the end of February and since then have been hunkered down mostly in Billings. My brother was able to visit us for a day in November. It was the first time we had seen each other in two years. We have a cruise planned in October to India and Bangladesh. Hopefully we’ll be able to follow through with those plans. For fun at home I play tennis, work in the garden, and during the last seven months have completed several quilting projects, including four twinsized quilts to give to my two granddaughters (ages 9 and 2 1/2) when they leave home!! Happy New Year from Montana.” 1
1964
Penelope “Penny” Dumm Wilkes (La Jolla, CA):
“Michael and I stay safe in La Jolla with morning runs, bike rides, and lots of photography. It appears this isolation stimulates creativity and possibilities. I have published poetry and essays in a variety of publications. My daily blog, Penjaminswriteway.blogspot. com, has reached 4,000. I also post photography on feathersandfigments. blogspot.com. We mentor student athletes and architecture students at the
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1 University of Oregon. Now Zoom helps us stay in touch during this challenging time. Hope to travel to Eugene in the spring to see our students.” 2
1965
Sara “Sally” Mattoon (Tucson, AZ): “My husband Scott was hit by a car while bicycling in 2007. He was in a coma for two months and he became functionally quadriplegic. I have cared for him three, 8-hour shifts a day since then. This is the hardest thing I have ever done and, because of it, I feel like I can do ANYTHING! It has been doubly challenging, as we lost our income a month after I brought him home. The really miraculous part is that, even though I am only paid 40 hours/week to care for him we have been able to keep
the house, feed ourselves and pay for utilities. Support has come from the most unexpected places: a divine gift that has been awesome to witness. This is a good time to express to those who helped us when the accident first occurred (and beyond) who have not yet heard from me. If you didn’t provide me with an email address at the time, you are still on the list of people to whom I still need to communicate my deep gratitude. You will hear from me eventually! Scott and I are fortunate to have a strong, spiritual perspective, as well as a terrific sense of humor. We are organic vegetarians and live a very pure lifestyle and diet, using all natural healing techniques. We have very strong immune systems (haven’t had a cold or the flu
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