Carl Linke '66 recently completed his 4th book, no SHELTER for GUILT, due out next week. Carl is the author of three previous novels based in the south: The Secret of the Gullah Treasure, Haint Blue and Flagrant Three. He enjoys writing from his home office situated along a deep-water tidal creek on Lady’s Island in the Lowcountry of South Carolina. Fun fact: He named his publishing company “Philip-Forrest” after Sister Philip and Forrest “Treeze” Sharrock -- two influential teachers from his days at SFD. In a past interview with Carl, he explained, "Sister Mary Philip and Coach Sharrock were two very special people that I admire to this day; two people to whom I owe a tremendous debt of thanks. My aim is to grow Philip-Forrest Publishing and make it worthy of the names it bears, not a simple task but definitely a worthwhile goal.” We think he has done just that!

Although Homecoming looked a little different this fall, we still enjoyed celebrating our Stallion Pride with the annual Traditions Mass (on both Thursday and Friday to accommodate our blended school schedule) and our Homecoming football game. When the Homecoming Court was announced during halftime of the game, we also welcomed back nine SFD alums who are the proud parents of members of the 2020 Court! Also at the game was alumna Virginia “Ginny” Suttner '64 (wearing her cheer sweater from 1964!) who was there to cheer on her grandson, Max.