The word "retreat" means to move backwards, which makes it a peculiar name for a few days of professional advancement, but this is what we call the Development Office's annual confab on the shores of Lake Massiwippi, Quebec.
We brought physics teacher Brian Kellogg along to teach us about Einstein's revolutionary Quantum Mechanics. This branch of physics, with its mind-boggling applications of wave theory, space/time continua and existential paradox seems light years ahead of the Newtonian physics we know and love in our daily world. Brian's lecture helped us see Proctor's advancement initiatives as equally revolutionary (and certainly as confounding to some.) Yet mathematical calculations indicate that Quantum Mechanics is, too, an incomplete explanation of reality, and suggest that something even more advanced--String Theory, perhaps--may be more successful at explaining the universe. As our office considers new applications of technology and new strategies to customize relationships with donors, the metaphor serves us well. Speaking of wave theory, how many Personal Floatation Devices are on that boat, Lou?
It is traditional for the team to stop at the P & H Truckstop in Wells River, Vermont to engorge on cholesterol-rich foods doused in ketchup on the ride home.
