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Posted on: Dec 22, 2024 at 9:40 PM

Janet: In trying to respond to your comment about Janet Redding's death--and that both of our Dads were CEC officers--apparently I deleted your comment. I must admit that I was a bit befuddled about how to navigate this webpage.
I don't recall that both of our fathers were CEC officers. It's puzzling that our families did not socialize more because of their connection. I wonder why? When we moved into the house at the corner of your street, my Dad had just retired from the Navy. Perhaps there was a gap between their years of service?
In any event, thank you for getting in touch and responding to my post about Janet.

Posted on: Dec 16, 2024 at 5:07 PM

Janet Redding and I met the first day of our sophomore year at LAHS. Due to the careers
of our fathers--hers, an aerospace engineer; mine, an officer in the Civil Engineer Corps of the
U.S. Navy--Janet and I had both moved many times and started school years in new places.
We had an immediate bond as a couple of "transfer students".

Janet and I both became members of the Youth Group at the Presbyterian Church in Los Altos.
Our friendship deepened, and by junior year, most nights (after we had finished our homework),
we talked on the phone until it was bedtime. That tradition of phone calls continued throughout
the next 60 years. We discussed relationships, careers, grandparent joy, politics, and world-wide
current events.

After Janet was diagnosed with ALS*, our conversations often took place on Sunday mornings
for 2-3 hours and covered the same wide range of topics. However, the content also included discussion of morbidity, mortality, and the meaning of life. Janet's response to her diagnosis was the same way she approached all the other problems in her personal and professional lives--with competence, compassion, and courage.

I will greatly miss her thoughtful examination of issues, non-judgemental stance, articulate expression of ideas, and wise advice. Janet was one of my "chosen sisters" and her friendship, support, and caring have truly been a blessing in my life.

* Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as Lou Gehrig's disease, is a fatal disease that
attacks the nerve cells in the brain and spinal cord that control muscles throughout the body. Muscle weakness spreads and progresses to difficulties with walking, swallowing, talking, and breathing.

Posted on: Nov 02, 2023 at 8:29 AM

We celebrated with two of the grandkids. Hope your day was as much fun.

Happy birthday, Robert -- I hope that you're having the most satisfying of days!

Happy birthday. It was fun having you in town!

I hope you’re having a very happy birthday today.

Posted on: May 21, 2024 at 8:30 AM

What a fun day it was...playing music with the Los Trancos Woods Community Marching Band on 5.18.24 Los Altos Pet Parade. So happy to see all the tail waggers, chickens, bunnies, even turtles ( with the help of a ride in a childs red wagon). Nice to be a kid again! class of 67'

Posted on: May 04, 2024 at 12:48 PM

Richard (Rick) Fimmel just passed away on April 28, 2024 after an extremely fast and aggressive bout with cancer. I'll miss my dear friend through the years!

Happy happy birthday, Su -- I hope your year is filled with grace and joy!

Hey you made it to the big 75th year! Belated HBQ!

Still stunned you left so quickly. Miss you - - hope it's beautiful on the other side!

Yeah, it was a shock. His cancer moved so fast, he was fine in March, and gone my the end of April. Lots of fond memories - - and wishing you a Happy Birthday this month, joining the three quarters of a century club. Hope you're still in great shape and doing well.

Spent the last 24 hours traveling from the Galapagos to Cusco to Lima to Miami to Los Angeles ... so belated happy birthday and a tortoise photo will have to do!

Happy happy birthday, Maggie!

Posted on: Dec 28, 2023 at 3:56 PM

Happy birthday!