One last member of the McClennan clan, the patriarch Jane, checked in with tales of Peter's show opening in N.Y.C. The Reeces saw to it that Jane got to the show, and the Phillips returned her to Winchester. Jane allowed as how the show was very well done, and Peter was pleased. She got home on a Friday, and on Saturday the Peter McClennan family arrived in time to whisk her up to the Reeces for Rob's birthday party. Peter, Marta and the kids returned to N.Y.C. on Monday, and got back to Frankfort on Tues.-Wed. Sounds like quite a stimulating weekend. Jane also kindly included the Boston Globe story on our Opera House, I had mentioned a couple of weeks ago. I'm glad I've had a chance to read it. Betsy Hastings went to Mass. and took her mom back to Pomfret, so Jane could hear author Bill Bryson. They had dinner with him and other faculty members, and Jane reports that he is lots of fun. Julie Bogart thinks so, 'cause she tries to read everything he's written.

Deb and Art Pierce had a different venue for their skiing recently. They were visiting the children of their friends Janet and Bill Hamilton. The Hamiltons have bunked in with their daughters, Wendy and Sandy, at the Pierces on the island. Wendy and Sandy, and Sandy's new husband, Brandon are running a valet ski business in Jackson Hole, Wyoming. Deb reports the area "gorgeous." The temperatures were low, but no wind so they didn't feel as cold as they sometimes do at Sugarloaf. There was no fresh powder, so those two eastern skiers didn't have to struggle in an unfamiliar environment. Deb enjoyed a sleigh ride through an elk refuge and was rewarded with sightings of elk, bison, coyote and an eagle. Not being a skier, I wonder what a "valet" ski business entails.

Both Edgar Reed and I visited Dot Abbott this week. When I got there I found Betsy Kristl, Dot's granddaughter, Paul Jr.'s daughter with Dot. At least she was awake this time, but still a little tough to understand. When Betsy could not figure out what Dot wanted, Dot spelled it out, D R I N K. I think that's the former teacher coming out. If you send cards, someone will read them to her. There was a blooming plant, and a fresh rose in a vase to cheer her. Keep her in your prayers. And that's all she wrote, all the new I have.