LAST LOOK BY KATHERINE OGDEN
Brotherhood: A Timeless Bond Photo by Jeffry Konczal
O
H, TO BE A WITNESS to rare, quiet, and telling
— and also, though unintentionally, an opportunity.
moments such as this!
And so, the two boys sat, reached out across the years,
The unfettered joy and cheer of Homecoming are mainstays of the Brunswick fall calendar.
When the weekend arrives, the action on the field and
and talked for a few moments before returning to their respective duties in moving the game forward. It’s the Brunswick bond: A younger brother full of
the energy of the crowd yield a quintessential kind of exuberant commotion — it’s the mark of New England in the colorful and high days of the autumn, and especially so of Brunswick. Not surprisingly, at Homecoming 2021, long quarantined and pent-up community emotion raised the volume even further.
aspiration as he looks to a big brother and
“That moment between these two students was a show of mutual respect and regard; it was nice to witness.”
In the middle of all the noise, as a menacing bank of roiling rainclouds parted, came these two: Hudson Yaeger ’30, a fourth grader, and Jalen
TIMES OF BRUNSWICK • SPRING 2022
looking at the younger as he remembers. Photographer Jeffry Konczal was nearby. “That moment between these two students was a show of mutual respect and regard; it was nice to witness,” he said, his understatement itself a testament to how frequently he has seen such moments
woven into the fabric of our days. Oh, to be such a fortunate witness and a keen and
Johnson ’22, a senior, returning to the home-team bench
adept observer as well — capturing in a moment an
at Cosby Field.
iconic image that speaks so completely to both the heart
The younger Bruin handed the elder a water bottle
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imagines his own future; the elder brother
and timeless essence of the Brunswick experience.
