First of all — and, most importantly — I want to thank all of you who jumped onto our Virtual 50th Reunion! I’m going to take the liberty of stealing some words from my friend, Carol Swaffield Ridlon: “I attended the Reunion. The best part was the social hour for our class. Actually there were…

Sudy Taylor Graham Well, without a doubt, the biggest news is our 50th Reunion (Unbelievable! How did that happen?! Right?). I’m sure that I’m not the only one sitting here in disbelief that we are actually that old. I mean, weren’t we just yesterday having coffee in the Bear’s Den — or studying at the…

Sudy Taylor Graham Afraid that these class notes are going to be short and sweet — and just from a couple of newspaper clippings. ☹ I do keep up with many of you through emails, phone calls, and Facebook, but that’s because our friendship goes back to our university days and we’ve either kept up…

Sudy Taylor Graham Well, here we are again. At the time of this writing, I find myself buried under a ton of snow, temperatures (if we’re lucky!) reaching into the 20s, a fire always kept blazing, and coffee always available! As for my friends in Arizona and Florida — I’m not talking to you (just…

Sudy Taylor Graham 33760 County Road 43A Steamboat Springs, CO 80487-9783 sudy_graham@yahoo.com 970-846-4789 www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1970/   I am afraid that this will be a much shorter column than usual – and, for that I apologize (I was definitely behind the “8 ball” this time)! But, here’s what we have.   I received a long and newsy…

Sudy Taylor Graham 33760 County Road 43A Steamboat Springs, CO 80487-9783 sudy_graham@yahoo.com 970-846-4789 www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1970/ Trying something new. I’m asking you to shoot me a quick something to put in our column from time to time. It can literally be anything — no matter how brief and simple (we don’t all have to be Nobel Peace…

Sudy Taylor Graham 33760 County Road 43A Steamboat Springs, CO 80487-9783 sudy_graham@yahoo.com 970-846-4789 www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1970/   Well, here we are again! It has been wonderful to receive emails, texts, and phone calls from classmates I knew—and others that I hadn’t had the pleasure of personally meeting. You have no idea how much that means not only…

Sudy Taylor Graham 33760 County Road 43A Steamboat Springs, CO 80487-9783 sudy_graham@yahoo.com 970-846-4789 www.facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass1970/ Well, here we are again! I sometimes wish we were doing these columns four times a year! Seems that by the time we read the news much has already changed! Some of our classmates I have been able to stay on…