Betsy-Tacy fans from all over
the US and Canada headed to the Twin Cities yesterday and today for the 2018
convention, organized by Josephine Wolff, who only a short time ago was a well-read
8-year-old and is now an adult and accomplished member of the RIT faculty. Although Delta tried to tempt me by offering
me $500 to give up my 8:00 am flight, I made it to MSP and found the shuttle
bus to the hotel. It turned out that
Mary Gebben, recently moved to Massachusetts from Georgia, was on my flight,
along with a congenial family whose daughters (5th and 7th
grades) attend my alma mater.
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| Where the Violent Study Club met |
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| The Hawthornes' home |
Once at the hotel it was fun to see so many familiar faces! Lots of hugging! I had lunch with the inimitable Kathy Baxter, Radhika Breaden, Jan and Mike Sasser, and when you are with Betsy-Tacy friends you forget that you haven’t seen them for 9 years! We barely tore ourselves away in time to get on the bus for a tour of some key Minneapolis sites. These included 4941 Lyndale Avenue South, the home of Jimmy and Marbeth Cliff, hosts of the Violent Study Club, and 4649 Dupont Avenue South, home of the Hawthornes (and Sally Day) where Delos proposed to Maud.
