A TABLE OF CRONIES (and a PS)

Some of you may have already read Patty's blog (See Sidebar) on this gathering of educators. It is rare indeed for me to have opportunity to sit with some of the best collegues of the glory years with whom I shared years of stomping out ignorance among students and administrations.

Of course the time went too quickly, and stories swapped wore mostly of the "catch-up" and "what-ever-happened-to" variety. There were some suggestions of a deliberate gathering of these and others in early June while the Wyatt's will be in Juneau to help Geoffrey (our youngest) marry his chosen, Dana. Maybe we will have some time then to do the undone, swap kudos, reveal a few secrets, and reflect on a couple of really good decades in education when Alaska was young and bureaucracy/administrators did not always hinder effective classroom instruction as has been the norm since.

PS This occasion was the marriage of little Julie Lynn, daughter of my teaching buddy and my summertime fish-boss. It was a lovely ceremony and the reception in an enormous room downtown Tacoma was packed. These kids have a great base of family and friends and evidence of a strong faith upon which to base this partnership. Well, the wedding is done and the chance to build a great marriage begins. I expect these kids to do well; my prayers and promises may be of little help, but they are offered with love and joy here at the beginning.