5/31/05

Hi Sherry, great job on the web site-- It was great fun catching up on some old friends.

It's fine to include my email on the site. I'll have to think about putting together a life story, because I particularly enjoyed that type of entry.

I went to San Francisco State out of high school, and roomed with Bonnie Hobbs for the first semester. I graduated and did some graduate work there. I started to work at Bank of America when I was still in college and ended up working for them for over 18 years, starting as a teller and then moving into the computer arena. That's where I met my husband; we worked in the same department.

Got married for the first (and only) time at age 36. Now married about 21 years. No children, unless you count my extremely playful husband.

After I got married and moved to the South Bay, I quit Bank of America and did some consulting work at Apple Computer and at a startup company doing hypermedia work. Then I went back to school and got a masters in counseling.

About 11 years ago, my husband and I decided to move to the country. We looked in Nevada City because my Mom was still there, but decided it was too populated for us. We ended up on the Georgetown Divide, which is about an hour from Grass Valley. (We live in Greenwood, which is a few miles from Cool.) I just love it here. It was easy to adapt after growing up in Nevada City. Wonderful people. I've done a lot of volunteer work requiring community collaboration, and it really makes my heart sing.

I finished my degree just when we made the move. I started an internship here to meet the requirements for a counseling license. And hated it. So, instead of going for the license I ended up building myself a consulting practice around grantwriting, project management and evaluation for the local school district. Most of the grants and projects are health related--like alcohol and drug prevention and counseling. This year was my busiest; more work than I really wanted.

My husband has mostly retired. His life now mainly revolves around Cowboy Action Shooting, which is a fairly new sport where folks dress up like cowboys, use cowboy era guns (revolvers, shotguns and rifles) and shoot at targets for time and accuracy. He's pretty good; he was the state champion in his class last year. We spend a lot of weekends at his shoots. Since I work out of my home, it's a blessing to be able to get out and about with him.

My mother died a couple of years ago, and the old homestead has been completely renovated by the new owners. My only tie to the area now is my sister Beverly, who still lives in Grass Valley.