Over the past several years I have
reconnected with a number of people during various chapters of my
life. I have had problems encountering people from my years as achemistry graduate student at the University of Rhode Island (URI).
This morning I received a brief e-mail from John Bartalotta of New
Britain Ct. John and I entered URI as graduate students in chemistry
in January 1972. We both had 1972 Chevy Novas: his was red while
mine was gold. We remained friends during my years at URI. I fondly
remembering visiting him in New Britain during the summer of 1973. I
made friends with his German Shepherd named Duke who woke me up every
morning and drank coffee with his breakfast.As I graduated in January 1974, John
and I went our own ways.
I hadn't heard from John in over 40
years until I received an e-mail from him this morning. He recalled
how we both sang Mr. Bassman by John Cymbal after drinking a few
beers. It turns out that John and I reconnected through this
Journal.
In 2011 I wrote an entry about theuntimely passing of our mutual friend and classmate Mike Frechette.
I was able to determine from Google Analytics that someone in New
Britain, CT had landed on that page. John was able to find my work
e-mail and sent me a short message.
Thank you so much John for contacting
me. I certainly enjoyed my time with you during my two years at URI.
I hope you will keep in touch with me.
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