Dear X-PRTS,

Dear X-PRTS (EX-Pasadena Reference Team Sisters ? Survivors? Soul mates? Saviors? Supporters? Superwomen!!) (we'll get the right name eventually!) Thanks to all of you for an absolutely wonderful weekend of memories and laughter and warmth and friendship! It was perfect! The following doesn't begin to cover it all, but........
Elaine--thank you for envisioning this gathering, spearheading communication, making it happen, driving through smoke and long miles to get to Pasadena!

Anne--you were Elaine's companion in supporting this great idea, initially offering your N. Calif. home, sharing the plans and the long drive. Thanks for so much for adding so many memories & stories, for all you did for Vickey---and even for contacting Ed (his surprise phone call was an amazing touch!)

Mary Ann--you were the perfect hostess! Relaxed, fun, graciously sharing your delicious food, your comfortable home--bedrooms, pool, computer, family, etc. You and Laurie and Dorothy and Carolyn, our unofficial Pasadena committee, planned a wonderful mix of activities and sharing experiences! And you even threw in a dramatic dark night in the pool with an eerie sound and light show as an extra special effect!

Laurie--Thank you for housing two of us, for all your time and organizational skills and quiet efficiency. The Huntington tour and tea couldn't have been better! (Although your Sunday lemon bread was very tasty too!) Your efforts coordinating and pre-paying for it all are most appreciated---it was a great tour, a delish tea, a delightful guide, good weather, perfect companions, a most interesting day!

Dorothy--you are still gentle and gracious and lovely (are those the words Ed used?--well, they're true anyway!) Thanks for your work in event planning, for thinking of the card for David....and it was really fun to remember your perceptive/wry humor. Congrats on the successes of your daughters-- you seem to be the only one of us who is giving back to our profession by contributing a fresh new face/mind to it!

Carolyn--thanks so much for adding us to your crazy schedule and for taking time from your recovering husband to join us and to share the Huntington and dinner with us. I'm looking at & smiling at the great group photos right now--that was so characteristic of your usual thoughtfulness-- to dash out and get copies made for everyone!

Amy--it was wonderful to see you again, to hear your laughter & perceptive/funny comments, to be reminded of your knowledge of contemporary books and authors. Thanks so much for using your airline miles to come to Pasadena instead of going to New York----we appreciated you so much more than Mayor Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Kelly would have!

Kathy--thanks for taking time from a busy library weekend to join us on Saturday at the Huntington. You've traveled so far in life and had a lot of different career experiences since our Pasadena days (Ed once told me he though you would go far--he was right!) Thanks for remembering us and for wanting to share some of the old times and friends.

Sally--we were so sorry you were unable to join us----you missed something very special. See you next time--there really will be one---this group is too much fun & too comfortable not to continue meeting!

Vickey--you should have been there--you would have loved it--we missed you terribly--we love you.

Thanks again to you all. It was great working with you in the "olden days" and even better that we feel so comfortable & natural & happy together all these years later ! I look forward to the next time!

love, Jan