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Winter Solstice Party at Gret Starett Smith and David Levi Strauss' 1 of 6

Title

Winter Solstice Party at Gret Starett Smith and David Levi Strauss' 1 of 6

Subject

roseman:Friends_and_Acquaintances_2018

Description

Gret and Levi have had a winter solstice party every year for the last 25 years. I don't remember what year we started coming to the party. It might be on this site, and if not, should be and hopefully will be. Catherine (Murphy) and I have usually met up with Tom Nozkowski and Joyce Robins at their house and followed them to Gret and Levi's. Even though it is not that far from their own house, it is hard to find. Tom and Joyce were going to the party early because Cas (Nozkowski), Hannah (Boz), and Rocket (Nozkowski) were going as well, and they had to leave early because Rocket's bedtime was 7:00PM. So we went by ourselves and got pretty close before we were lost. We drove around in the dark, up and down hills. We called Tom, and he was helpful until he wasn't. We were in front of someone's house when I turned around and saw another car. Assuming that these people could be looking for Gret and Levi's place, I drove up behind the car, got out of ours, and walked up to the car window. Mark Epstein was in the driver's seat. He said he could lead us to the party and did get us closer. We wound up on a hill to the side of a house that was not Gret and Levi's. As Mark and Arlene (and others) drove away, a large dog ran out of the house, followed by a large man. The man was quite helpful and told us exactly how to get where we were going. Mark was waiting for us a bit down the road. And we all got to the house fairly quickly from that point on. See the following five entries.

Publisher

Online collection published by Vassar College Libraries, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.

Date

2018-12-22

Contributor

Roseman, Harry (Creator)

Format

1 photograph

Type

Text

Identifier

roseman_9751

Image Caption

L-R: Jeanne Puryear, Martin Puryear, Lewanne Jones. Way in back, L-R: David Levi Strauss (in the doorway, blurry), Mark Epstein (mostly cut off by Martin), Polly Apfelbaum (between Martin and Lewanne), Arlene Shechet (to the right of Lewanne)

Citation

“Winter Solstice Party at Gret Starett Smith and David Levi Strauss' 1 of 6,” Harry Roseman: A Chronicle, accessed October 4, 2026, https://roseman.vassarspaces.net/items/show/12850.