SHS Reunion, Class of 1989

Went to my high-school reunion this past Saturday night (SHS Class of '89). It's been almost 21 years since graduation, and almost as long since I've been back home (my parents divorced and my mom sold the house during my first year of college, alas).



It was deep dusk by the time I pulled onto Stokes Road and approached old Medford. A good number of things have changed, but a lot of it seemed frozen in time — the cedar-shingled houses, the sour smell of the lake, lightning bugs flashing in tre...