A Class Act

This is my friend Ridgely at her retirement party tonight.  She is leaving the work she loves after 37 years.  She is a terrific editor, and an even better reporter and writer.  She was the articles editor for the sunday magazine and we worked together on some really great projects that she thought up, and that I photographed.  Friends tonight spoke of how good she is as a writer, but even more, what a great friend she is to everyone.  A real pro, a hard worker and a delight to work with.  It was a lovely evening of tributes and of course it was bittersweet.