Gayle Gayle Stamler:  

Life Whooo-- that's a lot to sum up in 4000 characters. Graduated from USF in 1972 after quitting school for a couple of years; took a big European trip with Jeri Liles; wound up in Alabama, where I met my newspaper reporter-husband, Mike. In 1978 we moved to Madison, Wisconsin, and then ended up in the metro Washington area in 1988. Life is a series of endless surprises-- the great ones that make you smile for days, and the other kind that kick you in the head-- but I'd have to say that, in all, it has been a wondrous adventure. This year, I left my editorial job of 25 years and I'm now working with an amazing new friend, booking and managing artists for national tours. My youngest child just started college this year; my oldest followed his mom's footsteps and dropped out last year to play the saxophone all day. I never miss a reunion because it's great to reconnect with all the people who share so many of the same memories-- and who really know how to have a good time. School Hillsborough was a haven during a really tumultuous and difficult couple of years in my life. All my wonderful friends made it feel like home, even though I didn't arrive until my junior year. Favorite memories include giving rides to and from school to Linda, Sandy, Kathy in my seriously-underpowered '57 Renault. It wouldn't even climb the hill leaving the parking lot with all of us in it, so someone always had to get out and walk and meet the rest of us at the top of the hill. Also, dances after the football games on the patio (doing the Freddie; taking a slow dance with Eddie Peeler to the Everly Brothers' "Let it Be Me;" being careful not to step on the "H!" ) Slumber parties at Peggy Rocha's... one wild party at Gail Nash's house when we were all getting freaky to James Brown... serving with K...Expand for more