Stanford University, back in the day.

I’m getting to talk to old friends — and make new ones — in my job for UC Santa Cruz.

Last Saturday, I had a fascinating phone call with Pamela Kleibrink-Thompson, who went to school there around the same time I did.

She and I exchanged a volley of names, and it turns out that her parents still live in the Santa Cruz area and she was headed back to see

them that weekend.

I told her my folks are up North, too, and shared how I grew up in Palo Alto …  and had my first job as a secretary working at Stanford University.

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A few days later, this very cool postcard with slightly sepia-toned edges arrived.  It was typed — much to my delight! — and from my

new friend Pamela.  I hastened to tell her how cool I thought her gift was, and what a thrill it was to receive something TYPED.  Now I

know what it feels like.  It’s great.

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