I met Jack Brereton in Cambridge Mass for dinner and he is doing well as the head of a foundation at the Boston Athenaeum providing support to young writers. As I told Jack I missed seeing the cigarette drooping from his hands as we were likely to see back at St Peter's. It was a good reunion and we discussed some of the fond events of our earlier days and went over the many paths of life and its challenges. Jack has children and he travels to France, his favorite destination. We both go to the same small town in eastern France and attribute that to Brother Henry and our French classes at St Peter's!

November 10, 2005

I had dinner last night at the Richmond County Country Club with Tony Brown, our senior year English teacher. There was one of his students from Port Richmond high school also who had just retired as a detective from the NYPD. It was a bit scary to see a retired police officer looking like my son! Tony sends his regards to all, told him of the web site but he still lives in the world of the slightly connected, he uses a pager! We spent time with him quizzing me again on iambic pentameter etc...never could understand that material but I guess it comes with being tone deaf. Tony looks well, has had some bumps along the way but continues to have the same old spark.