John always had something to say, and worth listening to. Anytime we hung out, I left with something important to think about, and usually laughing about one of his quips. Our worlds collided at Middlebury in 1979, whether through Kierkegaard, Shakespeare, beer, more beer, or the Grateful Dead, and then later about the food. Definitely about the food. Here’s John at Weston CC with his bud.