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Ann McKeown Glass

40th REUNION UPDATE:
Three stages of post high school life, as of 2009:
1. Single working girl in SF (one year), Chicago (one year) and NYC (@ten years), living and working in Manhattan, in the book publishing biz. Glamorous days -- or so I'd like to think...
2. Married with children, and dogs, and gardens, and hikes, and friends, and moves across country -- from our beautiful spot in Croton-on-Hudson, NY to our beautiful spot about halfway between L.A. and Santa Barbara. A fulfilling time living what I see termed on line a SAHM; no complaints.
3. Two years ago, seeing the light at the end of the above (comfortable) tunnel, I entered a masters program in library and information studies at UCLA, with a goal of graduating in 2008 and embarking on a post-childrearing life. However, my own education had to be postponed when my son was diagnosed with epilepsy and our lives were turned upside-down, his most of all. After two years, we seem to have found a medical regimen that has his seizures under control... but in the meantime, the whole economic world has collapsed, so the prospects of looking for work as a long-unemployed almost 60-year-old are, well, daunting. At least we're not "upside-down" in our mortgage and we didn't invest with Madoff! And all kids -- and now grandkids -- bring great pleasure.
Addendum (A note on my husband of 25 years): Edward makes movie trailers, a business he first got into as a film editor working for his father, a charter member of the film editors union back in the 1930s. Some "favorites" worked on include CINEMA PARADISO, THE PIANO, CROUCHING TIGER, SUPER-SIZE ME and last year's HAPPY-GO-LUCKY. Edward's outdoor passion is golf, mine is a regular Santa Monica Mountains hiking group, we both read a lot -- and try to laugh a lot.

Quick Sketch -- things I wish I'd known in high school include: I wish I'd known Spanish would be more useful than French (and that languages would be harder to learn as one gets older). Wish I'd studied music with Alan Harvey. Wish I'd reached out more, have been better at that as an adult.

P.S. I can't believe I have the same bangs!

SUMMER 2019 UPDATE: We survived the Nov.'18 Woolsey fire, but just barely (backyard scorched with many trees gone, 20 homes destroyed in our immediate neighborhood, several friends lost everything, and the trails that have meant so much to me the last 20 years are unrecognizable, certainly unhikeable; make take another 20 to recover). In steadier news, my husband is still working, but as a part-time consultant rather than full-time business owner, which has allowed us both time and budget for traveling, a great bonus of aging in good enough health to get around! Our son Harry taught English in Beijing for two years and is now doing the same in the Bronx, NY, for disadvantaged kids in the public school system. Daughter Hannah is pastry chef at Ramen Shop on College Ave near the Rockridge BART station-- if you're in the Bay Area, do stop by and sample their great menu, especially desserts, but also cocktails and everything in-between! Both kids have significant others we're very fond of. Since we now have three grown kids plus beloved son-in-law and grandchildren in NY/NJ, our travels include a lot of time transiting through Newark Airport, recently judged America's worst... At home, no longer a school parent, my main volunteer work is through a local organization providing affordable housing and educational assistance for the kids who live there (See manymansions.org). Our personal lives continue well, including the independence & good health of my inspiring, 90+ mother (Dad died at 93, after a fall, in 2015). I will reserve discussion of greater issues for another space (but if you're a FB friend, you know my feelings!).

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