I am back from the most wonderful reunion with my friend Jeff and his wife Jennifer, whom I'd never met before. Jeff was one of my best buddies at Barnes & Noble, where he worked part time; he was a primary school teacher, and I remember going to a party he threw that was mostly his friends from school. He met Jennifer on vacation in Afghanistan; she is a geography teach at the university of Colorado, i believe. When I last saw Jeff, he had stopped by my apartment to say goodbye; he was getting married and moving to Vermont to be with her. She was then living there and he'd found a teaching job.
So, we had a lovely 2.5 hour lunch at Artie's, and it was a wonderful time. Earlier, I reconnected with my friend Ora in the 1981 photo; I hadn't seen him in 25 years, but i found him on eBay. It's been a good day for a birthday.