Scene and heard

These were as good as it gets. My friend Rob, who I first met in Erie in 1979, and who lived in New York and was one of the essential parts of my old crowd in 1980 and 81, came into town from Pittsburgh with his wife and daughter. I contacted two others from the crowd – Carolyn, my former roommate and Arline, who introduced me to her. 3 of the old gang got together on Wednesday, and the four of us plus Ram, Arline’s husband, ate Ethiopian food on Thursday. It was the first time we had all been together since 1981. We were joined by Hannah, Rob's wife Siew Hui, and her cousin. His daughter was out on the town. Such a pity Frank, who introduced me to Arline, couldn’t be contacted. He would have completed the core group. Then I would have wished the two Garys – one from Erie who went to college in Philly, the other from London, our frequent guest members - had been there.

Then on Friday it was off to Scranton to meet Susan’s parents. What lovely people. What an amazing couple. They have been married for 65 (sixty-five!) years, and although Tony is now in a home and Alberta is frail, they are so wonderful together. I hope they are around to see their girl get married. I know they sacrificed for her. I told them that they did good!