Prompted

Spring 2018

Prompt: Write a memoir in six words, no more, no less.

Stuff between

birth, eventual death, with stuff between

- Davis Anthony Scott ’50, Moorhead, Minn.
Deep conversations

Nightly deep conversations in dorm hallways.

- John Wetterholt ’86, Phoenix
Zirkle

Midnight finals Zirkle. Friends, fire, nothing.

(The juggling club used to meet at the Zirkle at midnight each night during finals to juggle and blow off steam. Some of the members were really great at juggling fire torches. Especially in winter, the moving fire was lovely when the reflections bounced off the snow. The announcement used to always say that “nothing” was happening at midnight at the Zirkle. I was never a very good juggler, unlike many, but made some great friends trying and failing to juggle flaming torches.)

- Eileen Curley ’96, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
Birth to Death

birth

laugh

love

grief

live

death

- Carly Jerome ’11, Takoma Park, Md.
Vegetarian

Stopped eating animals at age 18.

- Susan Grodsky ’74, Rockville, Md.
Enjoyed

I lived, learned, taught, and enjoyed.

- Ted Amann ’87, Portland, Ore.
In rhythm

My
 
Experience
 
Moving
 
On
 
In
 
Rhythm.

- Laurie Hultberg ’73, Ithaca, N.Y.
Repeat

Grow, cook, eat; write, publish, repeat.

- Elisabeth Bailey ’94, Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, Canada
Four

From four bikes to four kids

- Ruth Anderson Lang ’03, East Palo Alto, Calif.
Go

“Go west, young man!” Went north. 

- Eric Mistry ’14, Duluth, Minn.

What advice do you have for this year’s class of first-year students? Submit your response (150 words or less, please) to The Grinnell Magazine with “Prompted” in the subject line.