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Posted on: Apr 22, 2025 at 9:31 AM

Happy Birthday my first girlfriend. Enjoy your day.

Hi Egl. Hope all is well with you and you are enjoying your well deserved retirement! I just read a biography of John Steinbeck and it really wowed me. I know you love Steinbeck so I'd like to send it to you. I don't, however, have your new address. Would you be willing to give your address to Tara so I can send it?

Happy Holidays from Japan. I hope everyone is wll. I live in Japan as my two daughters are, too, and my three grand children.. Best to all!

Isn't life beautiful. Aren't we getting better looking every day?!

Don, It is called Back to the Future!

Posted on: Oct 22, 2024 at 3:09 PM

Living in the Carlsbad, CA area has been wonderful. I umpire JC and High School baseball and have a part time job at a golf course.

Happy Birthday Don!

Posted on: Jun 05, 2024 at 9:37 AM

Posted on: Feb 20, 2024 at 9:21 AM

It's been a while since I've updated. Still living in the Carlsbad, CA area. It's been wonderful living the retired life. I work at a golf course part time and still umpiring high school baseball. (17th year) Hope all is well with all my Cougar alums.

This is taken from my back yard in Todos Santos, Baja Sur. We call 9:00 PM here Baja Midnight. We will be on our roof with Champaign tomorrow night toasting the sunset. Happy New Year everyone. Hope we all make it through another year.

There was a wonderful retirement party recently for Lola Danielli who taught Spanish when we were at Campolindo and believe it or not was there for 59 years as she started teaching there when the school opened in 1963. Here is a great story about her and the party. When I worked on our 40th year reunion I saw on the Campolindo website that she was still there so I sent her an email and she remembered me and we ended up getting together on many occasions because she spent weekends on her family home in Santa Rosa where I lived. Here is a link to a story about her and the retirement party.

https://www.ktvu.com/news/after-58-years-at-the-same-school-moraga-teacher-celebrated-for-her-illustrious-career?fbclid=IwAR1lb3Lm0pEtTt4Bt84ml9i2zzl4ZehzwfwA3SaVa9ApTVCYMBsB121hU8k

Posted on: Sep 28, 2023 at 5:25 PM

Finished Part 1 of artist Jonathan Batchelor's biography. Possibly some of you may remember his children, Egl, Tara or Maya? Book is titled "Last Bohemian: The Life and Times of Jonathan David Batchelor" and available on Amazon.com, for those who like to read.

Don, they are wonderful in Japan, too.

Wow! Amazing!