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Mary Sayer, Bruce Coldham, Anna and Leah Sayer Coldham

Mary writes:

Mary Sayer, 9/16/02 11:00 PM -0400, reunion bio

Date: Mon, 16 Sep 2002 23:00:54 -0400

To: Arthur Dimock <Arthur.dimock@uconn.edu>

From: Mary Sayer <msayer@crocker.com>

Subject: reunion bio

Dear Art, it's 10:OOPM and I'm still not packed yet! Leaving tomorrow morning for Italy. So I'll just write a
quick note about my present existence for the class archives (or whatever). And it was terrific seeing you last
week;

Dear Amherst High classmates: I'm really bummed out that I won't be at the reunion but Bruce and I had
planned a vacation in Italy long before I heard about the class of 62 get together

So here is a short (sort of) life and times of Mary Sayer

After college I headed for San Francisco to see what the 60's were really all about and to get my teaching
degree from San Francisco State College. I taught school in Richamond Calif and Alaska (one year each),
only to decide that teaching wasn't right for me. I lived and worked in several places in the US, then set out to
see the world. Eventually, I settled in England for three years. I met my husband Bruce in 1977 and we
married in 1978 and headed out for Australia (Bruce's home country). We lived in Melbourne for three years
during which time we had two children, Anna and Leah. We moved back to the Amherst area in 1982 to be
close to my mom. We moved to Pine Street in 1988 and Bruce set up his own architectual practice. In 1994
we initiated Pine Street Cohousing and now live in a close group of eight families. During this time, I became
an associate teacher at the Common School. In the early 90's I went back to college to get a masters degree
in Occupational Therapy. I then worked for several years in Early Intervention, mainly seeing families in
Holyoke. I've recently "retired", and Bruce and I are renovating an old barn on our property into studio space
for me (weaving) and woodworking space for him. I have spent most of the summer on a ladder scraping
and painting the exterior of the building. I also got pretty good at insulating. I'm looking forward to a cozy
winter with my looms in a usable space and all my yam out where I can play with it. I'm excited about the
new Fiber Arts Center in town. I feel I really lucked out in this life, there has never been a dull moment!

I hope other people send info about themselves. Maybe I'll see you all at the next reunion. Have a blast at
this one!

Best wishes,

Mary