The Personal Hi-Lights of the Last Decade

Perhaps by listing the highlights of the past decade, 2000 -2009, they will explain a bit about me. Here they are as they occurred to me, and this is not an exhaustive list:

• Lived on two coasts and in the middle.


• Lived in New York City and Brooklyn for short periods.


• Visited Japan, the first foreign country (not counting Canada) that I have visited.


• Learning Qi Gong.


• Became a more knowledgeable citizen, learning more about public finance and economic development and housing as an advocate for the field of California redevelopment. I learned more about subjects I would not have learned otherwise.


• My daughter graduated from high school AND college with honors.


• Learned to knit and picked up crochetting again, and have been busy ever since.


• Participated in some great grassroots efforts with Drug-Free Indiana and The Eyes Wide Open (or "Boots") Project (in Sacramento), meeting great people and working with them to make positive change happen.


• Earned my Masters of Public Administration.


• Participating in two ballot initiative campaigns - successful, which makes it more fun of course.


• Learned to live without television - surprising how easy it has been.


• Becoming a better pet owner. Gave up two cats and took on two more a long the way, and learned some things in the process.


• The 2008 Presidential Campaign! That was fun, and affirming!


• Cynicism is losing its cool.


• Becoming a member of Sacramento Friends Meeting. Attended Quaker meetings in Washington, D.C., New York City, Brooklyn, San Jose (CA), Seattle, Bloomington (IN), San Francisco, Berkeley, and Vancouver (BC). Not to mention Friends General Conference in Tacoma, Washington, and College Park Quarterly Meeting in Grass Valley, CA.


• Became a Great Aunt.