Westi found a nice photo of Barney, taken a while ago by a friend.

Out of the blue, in yesterday’s mail, there was a card from my college roomie, Linda. She didn’t say anything about her life though her return address indicates she now lives near Boston (last known she was in Texas.) Her note said only, “I found these in an old album and I thought you’d like them. Hope you are well.”

Nicole at age 9, Laura at 25. Wow! Oh to be that young, thin, tan and blissfully ignorant of hard things to come. I don’t think I’d choose to go back even if it was possible but, in the midst of the challenges of middle age, I do feel nostalgic when I look at our young faces. At 25 I couldn’t imagine ever owning property, let alone fearing its loss because of a bad man and a lawsuit!