Bill Howe writes: “Just back from skiing in Italy and exploring Rome with wife Cecilia, an Italian native and wonderful guide. Given today’s equipment (and the fact that I haven’t smoked for 31 years), I think Art Ruggles would have been proud of my performance on the slopes. One more year and I’ll have joint US/Italian citizenship, at which time I may move to Lake Como — if they’ll let me set up a tent. Working as a Dean now at a Buddhist-affiliated university in LA. Learning much about the Buddhist ideal of “letting go,” though still attached to many Deerfield memories.”