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the 21st century should check out the reviews on Tripadvisor. It was quite the experience. Before leaving Cincinnati, however, we tracked down the graves of members of my mother’s mother’s family in the Spring Grove Cemetery. We do have fun during fall break!” “Last year’s vacation was to sunny Troy for my first reunion,” according to Becca Cooper. “This year’s vacation was to San Diego for a week’s immersion in integrative and holistic medicine followed by the board exams. And I just found out I passed the boards! So I’m now certified to be a crunchy granola doc! Woohoo!” So I had to ask Becca. “Integrative medicine means that you integrate all modalities that might help someone (surgery, medications—allopathic, homeopathic, Ayurvedic—therapy, yoga, nutritional supplements, massage, sleep, etc.). It’s what I’ve practiced for years. Doesn’t mean I follow my own advice! And no one ever said vegan was a healthy diet! And yes, it helps aging bods! And kids. And I would be delighted to find you camped out on my porch. Better yet, knocking on the door so you could sleep in a bed!” [I often threaten to appear out on her back porch, poolside, some warm Florida morn when the northeast is in the throes of a Polar Vortex or Alberta Clipper] Susi Ceppi-Bussmann writes, “I am enjoying reconnecting with my cousins in Sedona, Arizona, for our first annual retreat. I was inspired by my experience with my Emma Willard connections at the 200th this year. I am finding as I grow older these friends and relatives are a more treasured part of me than I could imagine. This Thanksgiving I will be grateful for the health and happiness of my loved ones.” I believe many of us would agree. On Facebook, we’ve marveled at the many exciting opportunities available to today’s Emma girls (and more than one classmate pondered whether we could go the Benjamin Button route so we can partake). We enjoy from great distances our classmates’ philosophies and news of grandbabies born and growing and weddings and hobbies and lifestyle and lifeplace changes. If you’re not yet a member of our class Facebook page, please consider joining us. Jane Burdis has the last
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L–R: Carla Sabloff Smith ’74, Betsy Gifford Gross ’72, Beverly Burke Gunther ’60, Cortney O’Toole Morgan ’92, Erica H. Ling ’75 at a talk by Kristen Rutnik Gillibrand ’84.
word: “Just want to wish everyone happy holidays. Again, I’d like to thank my classmates for their kindness and generosity so I could attend the Reunion in May. Love and best wishes from Jane.”
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Donna Krupkin Whitney, 2021 Kingsbury Drive,
Nashville TN 37215, 615.579.8307, dkwmd@comcast.net
45th Reunion • Nothing to report. Please send news. Reunion April 24–26, 2015.
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Carolyn Busch Foster, 3541 Highgrove Way, Atlanta,
GA 30319, 404.257.9444, fosterphotography@yahoo.com
Susan Forrest Castle is very excited about her new book she has been writing for over a year titled Richard Segalman: Black & White—Muses, Magic & Monotypes. It will be available in March 2015 and have its first book signing on March 15 at Harmon-Meek Gallery in Naples, Florida. Susan moved to Naples two years ago and loves the opportunity to bike twelve miles every morning before breakfast. Anne Schechter Crouse is thrilled about the prospect of being a grandmother for the first time in February 2015. Her son and daughterin-law live in Denver so she plans to commute more frequently from Santa Fe to Denver. Leslie Fleming-Mitchell attended her first EW get together in LA in November and was touched by the gathering of Emma women ages 25-85
sharing stories, thoughts, friendship, and wise counsel. Leslie just filmed a Lifetime historical docu-drama after a twelve-year hiatus and she is teaching the tried and true artist’s way workshop at Second City in LA. She also continues her business in chart consultations Alison Knopf Insinger enjoys her life in the country as a long-time freelance journalist. Her son, Patrick, is 17 and applying to colleges, and daughter Sojie is twelve and a competitive figure skater. Her husband, Chip, works as a tech assistant at a college nearby. Mosey Walrod Leckie attended the Bicentennial at Emma in May where she enjoyed reuniting with classmates. In the summer she traveled with her entire family on a safari in Kenya and Tanzania. She encourages everyone to go see the elephants since they predict a possible extinction in ten years due to poaching and the receding snows on Kilimanjaro. Tinker Gross Sanford is very busy trying to sell her home of 28 years and move to neighboring Stamford. She has been spending a lot of time in Colorado with her daughter, Rachel, who purchased an old home there. Tinker loves the opportunity to ski in Colorado while visiting. In Connecticut she continues with her tennis, yoga, and body barre classes. She also is actively volunteering at the hospital giving Healing Touch along with substitute teaching. Jane Beltzer Mecz, living in London, says she retired from J.P. Morgan last June after a 35-year career as in-house counsel. She wrote, “Needless to say, I have been enjoying my life post JPM doing all of the things I never had