Among life’s many daily reminders that one is getting old, one of the most pleasurable is following the professional triumphs of someone for whom you once babysat. I first met former New Paltz resident Lisa Channer when she was seven years old and I was 19; nowadays Lisa’s curriculum vitae are 16 pages long. She has been a professor of Theatre Arts and Dance at several universities – currently the University of Minnesota – and co-founded two theatre companies, one of which takes her to Russia on a regular basis, most recently on a Fulbright fellowship.