We both were born and raised in Madison, Wisconsin. Growing up, we had friends and acquaintances in common, but we didn’t meet until the spring of 1988. And after 25 years together, we started our honeymoon phase, and we get to celebrate two anniversaries each year, in April and October.
We met during rehearsals for the high school play. I was a senior, she a sophomore. First date was on Valentine’s Day at the High School Winter Weekend. It didn’t go well.
My dear wife and I met online, of all places. I invited her to come hear me at an open mic I was playing. I held her hand for three hours. On our second date, I said, “We should get married.” She said,” Well, I wouldn’t say no.”
The nation’s number one team in Division 3 basketball put on a shooting clinic Saturday, February 8, as they trounced Franklin & Marshall 85 - 68. It was a tough game, though. For 35 minutes of the 40-minute contest, it wasn’t as lopsided as the final score suggests.
Helen Mangelsdorf is one of 28 artists participating in the third iteration of the Souls Shot project, which connects artists to the families and loved ones of victims of gun violence for the purpose of painting their portraits. The project memorializes the victims, while also calling attention to the breadth of the United States’ gun problem. Individual by individual, the portraits present the vibrant faces of the lost.
My most admired person of the week is the lone soul who, in responding to our unscientific survey on Swarthmore College’s new Maxine Frank Singer ‘52 Hall (to be the home of the psychology, biology, and engineering departments), chose the option “Too soon to tell.” Everybody else had an opinion — despite the fact that the building isn’t even fully operational yet! And the opinions were on the whole — almost 66 percent — negative; the biggest single vote-getter was “I hate it.”
Nearly 100 years ago, Wharton Esherick bartered furniture he designed and built as payment for his daughters’ acting lessons at Hedgerow Theatre in Rose Valley. The pieces have increased in value. Hedgerow has decided to sell Esherick’s three tables, eight hammer-handle chairs, and spiral staircase, using the proceeds to create an endowment and support building improvements. The items will be auctioned March 31 at Freeman’s in Philadelphia, with the most valuable table expected to sell for six figures.
The intersection of Yale and Cornell avenues dominated the Swarthmore Borough Council meeting on Monday night. During the public comment section of the meeting, four residents relayed their concerns about safety at the intersection. Two of these had previously spoken at the Public Safety Committee meeting on January 27. The other two principal issues discussed at the meeting had to do with trees.
Peg Christiansen submitted two photographs, taken by Lisa D’Antonio, of foxes visiting the now closed Strath Haven Condo pool. Peg wrote: “Guess they did not know: (1) it is closed for the winter, (2) you need to be a resident to use it, and (3) you need a pool pass.”
