{"id":1290,"date":"2013-11-10T17:09:11","date_gmt":"2013-11-10T21:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/?p=1290"},"modified":"2014-03-05T16:46:40","modified_gmt":"2014-03-05T20:46:40","slug":"williamstown-mini-reunion-2013","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\/","title":{"rendered":"Williamstown Mini-Reunion 2013"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>South Rocky Eight (minus one, Jane Shaw Dietrich) met in October at the home of Susan Rhodes and Duncan Brown. \u00a0 We started getting together twenty five years ago to celebrate Liz Hottel Barrett&#8217;s engagement to Bryan. \u00a0It was so much fun that we continued to do it every two or three years. \u00a0Now we do it every year. \u00a0Susan and Duncan have the most perfect house and are located near the beautiful Williams campus, The Sterling &amp; Francine Clark Art Institute (referred to as &#8220;The Clark&#8221;), and MASS MoCA. \u00a0 The 2013 highlight was Xu Bing&#8217;s <strong><em>Phoenix<\/em> <\/strong>(photo to come) at MASS MoCA. \u00a0I&#8217;ll elaborate more on The Clark&#8217;s amazing collection when we meet again next year. \u00a0We had a three-day celebration of life: \u00a0successes and failures, laughter and tears. \u00a0Lucky us!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":25,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\\\/1961\\\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\\\/\"}' id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-1290 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\/photo-2-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/photo-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1312\" data-attachment-id=\"1312\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\/photo-2-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/photo-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"949,1120\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1380883108&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.058823529411765&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"photo-2\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Susan, Katherine and Jenifer&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/photo-2-254x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/photo-2-867x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1312'>\n\t\t\t\tSusan, Katherine and Jenifer\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\/srocky7cropped\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/SRocky7cropped-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1298\" data-attachment-id=\"1298\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\/srocky7cropped\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/SRocky7cropped.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1514,1077\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4S&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1380964837&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;4.28&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;50&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SRocky7cropped\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;L to R:  Back: Susan Griffen, Babbie Miller, Jenifer Marx, Barbie Sutton, Katherine Snelson.  Front:  Susan Brown, Liz Barrett&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/SRocky7cropped-300x213.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/SRocky7cropped-1024x728.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1298'>\n\t\t\t\tL to R:  Back: Susan Griffen, Babbie Miller, Jenifer Marx, Barbie Sutton, Katherine Snelson.  Front:  Susan Brown, Liz Barrett\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\/kensculpture\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/KenSculpture-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1295\" data-attachment-id=\"1295\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\/kensculpture\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/KenSculpture.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2592,1936\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1380989963&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;100&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.016666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"KenSculpture\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Ken Snelson&amp;#8217;s beautiful sculpture&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/KenSculpture-300x224.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/KenSculpture-1024x764.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1295'>\n\t\t\t\tKen Snelson&#8217;s beautiful sculpture\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\/srocky7-2\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/SRocky7-2-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-1297\" data-attachment-id=\"1297\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\/srocky7-2\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/SRocky7-2.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2592,1936\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1380853277&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1000&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.066666666666667&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"SRocky7-2\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;L to R:  Jenifer, Babbie, Katherine, Barbie, Susan Brown, Susan Griffen, and Liz&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;At the table: our home away from home&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/SRocky7-2-300x224.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/SRocky7-2-1024x764.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-1297'>\n\t\t\t\tAt the table: our home away from home\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>And even more amazing than us are the photos of Xu Bing&#8217;s beautiful tiger-skin rug. \u00a0Make sure to click on the photos to see the close up!<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\">\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-2 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div data-carousel-extra='{\"blog_id\":25,\"permalink\":\"https:\\\/\\\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\\\/1961\\\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\\\/\"}' id='gallery-2' class='gallery galleryid-1290 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\/rug-1\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/Rug-1-e1392076728471-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1319\" data-attachment-id=\"1319\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\/rug-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/Rug-1-e1392076728471.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1936,2592\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1380888131&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.025&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Huge and beautiful tiger skin rug\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;This is a huge 50 foot long rug!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/Rug-1-e1392076728471-224x300.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/Rug-1-e1392076728471-764x1024.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1319'>\n\t\t\t\tThis is a huge 50 foot long rug!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\/photo-4\/'><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/photo-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-2-1320\" data-attachment-id=\"1320\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\/photo-4\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/photo.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2592,1936\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;iPhone 4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1380888076&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;3.85&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.033333333333333&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Tiger Skin close-up\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;PHENOMENAL!&lt;\/strong&gt;&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Close-up!   How phenomenal!&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/photo-300x224.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/files\/2013\/11\/photo-1024x764.jpg\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-2-1320'>\n\t\t\t\tClose-up!   How phenomenal!\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>South Rocky Eight (minus one, Jane Shaw Dietrich) met in October at the home of Susan Rhodes and Duncan Brown. \u00a0 We started getting together twenty five years ago to celebrate Liz Hottel Barrett&#8217;s engagement to Bryan. \u00a0It was so &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/williamstown-mini-reunion-2013\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":182,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[86],"tags":[21578,21612],"class_list":["post-1290","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-mini-reunions","tag-south-rocky","tag-williamstown"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/182"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1290"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1290\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1290"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1290"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/new.alumnae.mtholyoke.edu\/1961\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1290"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}