To end basically where I began in the first of these five posts, the “ground” for the growth of all the friendships I will have addressed in these posts, with the exception of one, was my entrance into a 45-year career in two institutions—one of 35 years and an entirely surprising 10-year post-retirement career in…

In this fourth—and, what was to have been, final!—post on this topic, I’ll apologize for having slipped into my “eternal” editing that should shorten but, given my complete absence of the gift of brevity, it just became longer. I can only hope it had the intended result of enriching, not muddying, my sincere care for…