Showing posts with label College. Show all posts
Showing posts with label College. Show all posts

Lockdown Notes: Assembling A Really Old Boston Jigsaw Puzzle

Lockdown Notes: Assembling A Really Old Boston Jigsaw Puzzle Joe finished our Boston puzzle today. It's a graphic illustration of the city drawn in black and colored in, bearing names of all the landmark buildings and attractions such as Quincy Market, Faneuil Hall and the State House. He finished it so fast. It feels so strange to finally see this Boston puzzle assembled. The box is like an old friend that's just kind of always hung around. For about a decade it was the only puzzle in the house …

You Guys, Neil Simon Died

You Guys, Neil Simon Died My college drama club did the female Odd Couple . My role was, as always, backstage, as I have zero talent and don't like when people look at me. I was drama club co-chair and stage-managed most shows. I love dressing a show! Even though my 5-member crew had no "on stage" roles, we did get applause...may I boast...? I hate to boast, but I loved this soooo much...here's what we did.🎥 The Challenge In our theatre we had no curt…

Throwback Thursday: 1990'ish

Throwback Thursday: 1990'ish I don't have my college yearbook, in fact I'd never even seen one. But Lisa brought hers to our 20th reunion in 2012, and this picture was in it -- the drama club officers. It's Edwardyne, me and Amy. Eddie was also my Junior Sister through a buddy program CNR came up with for incoming Freshmen.The photographer had us pose (awkwardly, if memory serves) at the bottom of the steps that, in those days, arc'ed up to the cafeteria an…

I Googled Myself And This Is What I Found (It's Not Good)

I Googled Myself And This Is What I Found (It's Not Good) " OH DEAR GOD. Never Google yourself."  That's what I wrote under "Write a Review" on an archive site I discovered this week. On this site, someone had posted the Spring 1990 issue of our college Honors newsletter, a quarterly called Femmes d'esprit . Spring '90 was the second issue after I became the Editor. The previous editor, Stacy, had gone off to Europe on a semester abroad. While I was envious of all the girl…