Ok. Waiting on a plane again and have a few minutes to jot down notes again on my 30 th High School Reunion. This is mainly for the folks I went to high school with.
They say every good blog post has a visual but I left the camera at home with the photos so your imagination will have to do. I have seen some photos of the event on facebook which left me with two feelings.
1. Glad I don't have to explain some of those.
2. Kicking myself that I see people in the photos I didn't get to speak to personally.
So - folks like Karen Sands - who looks just as she did when we graduated. Anne Hall, Clark Nance and the like. I heard Liz Freeman was there and I missed her. Trish Wharff Evans calls it "Reunion Regret." She's right.
I did get to see some folks that I haven't seen in a long time. Folks like Ricky Morgan, Beth Reagin, and the like.
There was Kevin Cochran, who was to me the most enthusiastic reunion goer in the sense that he was excited to see everyone. He is back from a sojourn in Colorado and excited to be living in Rabun County now. We love Rabun County too and can't wait to connect with him at Rumor Haz It . I had not forgotten Kevin but had forgotten about his siblings which have given him numerous nieces and nephews.
I think the last time I saw Frank and Sally Hanna was the last reunion, though Frank and I had corresponded recently about his book.
I don't guess I had seen Danny Wine since High School. He used to be so skinny thin that he would go down the drain if you pulled the plug. He has filled out but looked much healthier in the face. I wonder if he still has a good tennis stroke like he used to?
I know I mentioned Craig Riley in my last post but his cousins Russ West and Eddie Price were also there. (As was their cousin Alison Lindsay Rhodes) It was good to see those cousins. So different and so alike at the same time.
Steve Hunter and I see each other fairly regularly and he is always good to send me news of former classmates as he gets it. His lovely wife Kerri, who I missed at the Smyrna celebration was also there.
I will save a few runnin buds for a later commentary but I will mention a few friends that were not there.
Jeff Holder wasn't there. Jeff is in California still in the Hollywood mix. I get to see him about every 18 months when I visit LA. He is still a great guy. I think I saw online he was leading a conference last weekend.
Thanks to the Facebook thing, I think many of us have connected to Mary Catherine Carson, who frequently comments on my page and twitter. I had hoped she would get to come down but saw that she couldn't. Somehow she is related to Mike Hatcher but I can't remember the connection.
OK - an etiquette question - In our High School days people went by different names - Tommy is now Tom, Jimmy is now Jim, Mike may now be Michael and so on. I get that, I go more now by Dave than David. So I hope I didn't offend anyone by calling them by their "old" name.
And finally I am asking about some old friends that I didn't see there and have no idea where they are, do you?
Where is Joyce Smith? She was yearbook and Homecoming Court and all that. Where is she these days?
And where is my friend Marlece Ellenburg? We used to play mixed doubles tennis and ping pong, dominating the Orris ping pong parties?
And where was Jon Fennell? a guy I have had some email contact with but haven't seen in a long while and whose brother I have in my Facebook friend deal but not Jon.
Anyone know?
Joe Lattanzi told me that he and Jeff Malone should start a collections business because they found almost everyone. Good for them. Good job guys.
OK, plane is calling. Praying for friends back in Atlanta. Saw photos of Brian Johnson's back yard and it looked really bad.
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