Greetings, Class of 2004! It is hard to believe that next year will mark twenty years since we graduated. It feels like yesterday, and I am constantly reminded by how fast time flies. Over these past 20 years there have been so many changes and adventures in our lives and I’m happy to share a…

Greetings, Black Bears! As I write this, we are finishing up a week of hosting friends from Maine who made the journey down to visit us. It was great showing them around our little piece of Texas. Soon we’ll be heading back for our annual trip home and I’m looking forward to some lake time…

Greetings, Class of ’04! As I write this, it’s only a couple days into fall in this part of the world and as usual fall has not arrived in Texas. We’re still in what feels like the dog days of summer, a never-ending trend of 90+ degree days. I was lucky enough to go home…

Greetings, Class of 2004! I hope that you are enjoying the summer, wherever you are in the country. Here are some highlights from our class in this first half of 2022. Our first update is actually a repeat from my last column, earning even more accolades this year. Michael Chasse has been inducted to another…

Hey y’all! By the time you read this the winter holiday season will be in the rear-view mirror, we’ll have said goodbye to 2021, and, depending on what part of the country you are in, you’re probably starting to yearn for the rebirth of spring. As I write this though, my husband, kids, and I…

Anne Schmidt Katy, TX 77450 anne.schmidt@me.com facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass2004/ Hello, Class of ’04! As I sit in my office at home, which truly is a full-time work from home space now, I am remembering what I was doing this very week one year ago. It was a whole lot of nothing. At this point last year (I’m…

Greetings, friends! First of all, how are you? I mean it. How are you actually doing? It’s been hard to ask that question for many months since I think we all know the answer. Life has been flipped upside down in so many ways. The ever-growing tension in our world is palpable and we’re all…

Anne Schmidt Howdy, Black Bears! I hope you are enjoying the beginning of summer. We are certainly in the start of the hottest part of the year, but lucky for my family and me, this is when we escape Houston and head home to Maine. I’m overjoyed to be home this month, spending time with…

Anne Schmidt Greetings, Class of 2004! I hope that you enjoyed the holiday season. I hope you are one of the lucky ones who lives in a place with changing seasons — fall foliage and a range of temperatures. The weather certainly isn’t that chilly here. I think my body and my soul could use…

Anne Schmidt Happy summer, Black Bears! I hope that you all are having a fabulous 2019 so far. We don’t get much of a spring here in Texas. I often joke with friends that the seasonality of east Texas exists in only two realms — summer and not summer. And what we transition out of,…

Anne Schmidt 3818 Eagles Walk Katy, TX 77450 anne.schmidt@me.com (207) 669-2523 facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass2004/   Happy fall, Class of 2004! By the time you read this summer will be long gone, but it is summer as I write this, and I am sitting at my kitchen table at my childhood home in Maine, enjoying a stunning July…

Anne Schmidt 3818 Eagles Walk Katy, TX 77450 anne.schmidt@me.com (207) 669-2523 facebook.com/groups/UMaineClass2004/   Happy spring, Black Bears! I hope that wherever you are Mother Nature was kind to you last winter and that you are welcoming the change in seasons. As anyone who paid attention to the news at the very end of last summer,…