The pictures to the left, are respectively from left to right, of Al Dorfman and Lloyd Metzler.  They come to mind together because so often their children, Abby and Julie Dorfman, and Margy (and sometimes Ricky) Metzler and I played together.  We almost always played indoors.  We spent time reading books, playing board games (Candyland and Chutes and Ladders), and coloring.  Often, Edie Metzler made lunch for us.  I always enjoyed that very much as I did playing in their home.  About the time Lloyd became seriously ill, they moved to a house in the suburbs.  I was sorry to see them go but did occasionally get to visit them in their new home where I learned the joys of running in a sprinkler on a hot summer day followed by playing solitaire (with cards) under a nearby tree.

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Other brief memories of various families:

• Clark family:  I played mainly with Betty Clark who was my age.  Betty was an extraordinary person--bright, beautiful, charming--everyone always loved Betty.  Her older sister, Judy, was quiet and I did not see too much of her.  Betty's father was a doctor and it appeared that the whole family led an orchestrated life.  I remember several times being a guest in Betty's home.  She taught me to make carnations from Kleenex and a bobby pin.  I really enjoyed that.  Betty was very good at art and at coloring and was always generous in sharing her thoughts and kind comments.  Betty and I remained friends from early days throughout high school.  Her mother, Eleanor, was always there when we played and was very kind to us.  Betty's father, Dwight, was not often there but when he was he seemed quick to action and a kind person.  I remember that in later years Betty and I took swimming lessons together (with others) and I sprained a finger.  She brought me to her home and her father fixed it up.
• Cramer family:  I played mainly with Browning Cramer who was a year younger than I was, and some with his older brother Owen.  We did some trading of stamps but more often we played cards and sometimes played cowboys and indians.  I had lots of fun with them.  We played mainly indoors; I recall that often there was beautiful music playing softly in the background.
  
• Chern family:  I played with Paul outdoors only.  Paul was quite a bit ahead of me in school.  He loved baseball and was really good at it.  I learned a great deal about fielding and hitting from him.  Sometimes, when we couldn't even get a game of "bounce-or-fly" together, Paul would play with us little kids at "hide and seek" or similar game that did not have requirements for numbers of people to play.  Sometimes, we would also just sit around and talk about almost anything, but usually an abstract conversation of some sort, about shapes or about imagining what another planet might look like, and so forth.
  

Moving to Chicago, and in particular moving to the Faculty Apartment Building, opened many varied and broad opportunities, especially in regard to the remarkable set of people who moved into this new building.