illumination

dabney made it through her 10th college reunion his past weekend. after a few anxious moments (when she realized the few people she knew best either weren't coming or would be agonizingly late) dabney settled in nicely and went on to have a pretty nice weekend. it was great to spend time with julie, and to reconnect with aimee, brooke and francesca after many years.

here's dabney's view of ivy day ceremonies, which consisted of a large tree to the immediate right of her and the entire class of 1955 smack dab in front. see the stage? no, neither could she.



but dabney's all-time favorite smith tradition has always been illumination night, the evening before graduation when the entire campus is lit up with japanese lanterns. at sundown, tons of people come out to walk around and listen to the jazz bands and student a cappella groups sprinkled about campus. it's a beautiful scene, one that's hard to do justice to with a point and shoot camera.



back in boston, dabney has spent the past couple of days googling her fellow classmates to shed more light on what they're up to these days. for example, she already learned that francesca is a member of sacremento's drinking liberally club, which gives like-minded, left-leaning individuals a place to talk politics while sharing a pitcher of beer each week. cheers to her own liberal wingnut corner. it was too hard to find mention of brooke, as she has the exact same name as a certain olympic gold medal swimmer.