August 6, 2002

From a friend at Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta, we were able to connect with the Yale Alumni Magazine to see if that had interest in publishing something on our work. They usually don't write about alumni, trying to focus on being an independent publication of merit (which they are), rather than a "rich donor of the month" magazine. Nevertheless, they do have a periodic reflection written by alumni, and for that we well-qualify. We will work on something in the coming weeks for their November issue. We chatted with folks in the office, mostly about nerdy things like computers (they're all Mac-vocates). One of the editors commented that he bought his first computer from a guy building them in his garage in Dallas. He still has the thank you note that Steve Dell wrote to him.

The view of New Haven.

We went up the hill, way up the hill, to the Divinity School to see our friend. The place is in the middle of a massive construction project after overcoming major funding woes. Marthame's aunt, grandmother, and great-aunt all attended Yale Div. School for a while, back in the day when female students were called "spinster ministers". A professor once told Marthame's grandmother to move to the balcony, because her presence was distracting to the male students. Different days...

We did get a chance to relax with our friends' kids and play in the afternoon.