End of July Update

Ok, so it's been a while.

I know it's been way too long because Elizabeth pokes me every few days asking when I'm going to update the blog.

Well, it's been a busy few weeks since the last post. I suppose the biggest news is that my mother came out for a visit from North Carolina. It was a vacation for relaxing, not sight seeing. She's been out here several times before so we didn't need to to the "touristy" things. Rather leisurely hikes, books on the deck, contemplating the hummingbirds... that was the agenda for this trip!

The other big news is that we are moving! Yes, we're leaving the mountains and redwoods of Mill Valley in the north bay for the flat lands of Alameda in the east bay. Why? Primarily location and space. Since I'll be working at Mills College in Oakland beginning at the end of the summer, Alameda is much closer. The commute from Mill Valley is at least 45 minutes (and that's without traffic). From Alameda it should be 10–15 minutes. For Elizabeth there is BART access to downtown San Francisco as well as SFO. There's also ferry service to downtown SF.

The new place also has more room, with a storage garage on the premises, so we'll no longer need off site storage. Plus I have more room for my printing work.

The new address is 1614 Chapin St, Alameda, CA 94501...

More pictures can be found here:

It's going to be a busy month! Elizabeth is flying of course, I've got photo shoots in Tucson and Vancouver and am preparing to start at Mills in August... all this and packing for a move. We take the keys 23 July. Poor Nancy!

Best get cracking.