Take Note and 14-year-old daughter, Carter, are good sports about often being subjects of the blog. It is great discipline to sit down and write for 20 minutes every day even when I don’t know what I am going to write about. I often draw on stories from my childhood and days at Walker’s. You might have made the blog and don’t know it.” Mary Derbyshire Petty loves living in Little Compton, RI, where she teaches Alexander Technique and Fitness. Her son Gordon is a sophomore at Wesleyan University and her daughter, Eliza, will be a freshman at Bard College in the fall. Not an empty nester yet; Liam has a few more years of high school. She loves keeping in touch with all of her EWS friends via Facebook! Lela Schaus Philip writes: “I am busy
teaching art and having fun creating my own art. Once a week I take an art class with Ellen Gerry Breed. We laugh a lot! During the month of May, I will exhibit my art in a Greenwich show called ‘Art on the Avenue.’ I am very excited about the opportunity to show my recent watercolors. Recently, I sat with Kelly O’Connor Pasciucco, watching her son play in a DeerfieldBrunswick lacrosse game (Brunswick won). It was fun to catch up with her. Also saw Katherine “Trina” Jones Stillwell, Elizabeth “Lisa” Danforth Hurst, and Cynthia Reed Klein on the
beach in Vero Beach, FL. So fun to see them! We really have not changed a bit! My son Nick graduated from Denison
Nick Philip, son of Lela Schaus Philip ’79, modeling for a Vineyard Vines catalog
and works in the corporate office at Vineyard Vines. Sam is a junior at Bucknell University, and Lily is in 7th grade at Greenwich Academy.” Arabella Wattles Teal writes how happy she is that her daughter India is graduating from NYU in May, even if she has to attend the graduation ceremony at Yankee Stadium. Jane Byrd Wiley Terlizzi and
husband, Chris, live in Wayne, PA, and St. Michaels, MD. Daughter, Page, works and lives in Washington, DC; son Chris is a freshman at Drexel U/College of Engineering; son Parker is in 8th grade. She recently left her job as a client relationship associate at Vanguard and now works in real estate. She enjoys reconnecting with EWS friends on Facebook and loves seeing Jane Stoner Humphrey when she is in the Philadelphia area.” Nancy Mack von Euler sent the
following information: “If you live in Connecticut, you may have seen a commercial for Smilow Cancer Hospitals with my daughter, Sarah, singing in the flash mob. Sarah is a junior in high school and sings with the Fairfield County Children’s Choir, which was featured in the commercial. If you haven’t seen it you can find it on YouTube at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yA3A TkCI8L8.” And from yours truly — Karen Polcer Bdera, “Believe it or not, I have retired (at least for now). We’ll see if there is another adventure left in me, but I am enjoying spending some time with my dear husband, Nick, doing some home improvement projects, and working with the Avon team on the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer. (Some of you may have seen me in the TV commercial that just started airing locally). Back in 1997, I had a scare, which ended up not being cancer. But it made me want to do something to help people who are not as lucky as I was. So I started walking these walks. I will be doing my 15th walk this year, and to date, have raised over $187,000 for them. I actually got my job at God’s Love We Deliver through a
Karen Bdera ’79, featured in the Avon Walk for Breast Cancer Campaign
connection I made at a walk. Nick and I also plan on doing some traveling soon, while we are both vertical and healthy. If you find yourself in NYC and want to grab a lunch, drinks, or dinner, let me know. I have plenty of time and would love to show you around the town!”
1980 Ann O’Reilly 110 South Road Winsted, CT 06098 860-738-4442 ASOR1@aol.com Ann O’Reilly writes: “It turns out our
class is teeming with artists! We have spotlighted just a few of them in this issue. If there are other artsy types out there, please let us know!” Blair Leisure writes: “I live in Golden, CO, and am married to Jack Adelfang. We have a 2-year-old son named Ted and a 10-year-old dog named Uba. I have a small environmental consulting company, and we do wetland- and wildlife-related work on projects all over Colorado. Jack is a realtor and contractor and has his own company, too. I also oil paint, and you can see some of my artwork on www.blairleisure.com. Looking forward to our 35th Reunion in 2015!!”
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