The view from the Oakland Hills

This evening was one of those rare times when George convinces me to go along to one of his meetings or receptions. In this case it was for CITRIS (will add the long form when I find it), one of the organizations whose advisory board he is on, Held at the home (I believe) of the outgoing board chair, we were high in the Oakland Hills. The snacks were fabulous, the people were interesting and the program was short. All in all an excellent evening.

But most important – the view is different from what I normally see. It is still the SF Bay, but from south of the Bay Bridge with a portion of the Oakland Port visible.

About Holly

fiber person - knitter, spinner, weaver who spent 33 years being a military officer to fund the above. And home. And family. Sewing and quilting projects are also in the stash. After living again in Heidelberg after retiring (finally) from the U.S. Army May 2011, we moved to the US ~ Dec 2015. Something about being over 65 and access to health care. It also might have had to do with finding a buyer for our house. Allegedly this will provide me a home base in the same country as our four adult children, all of whom I adore, so that I can drive them totally insane. Considerations of time to knit down the stash…(right, and if you believe that…) and spin and .... There is now actually enough time to do a bit of consulting, editing. Even more amazing - we have only one household again. As long as everyone understands that I still, 40 years into our marriage, don't do kitchens or bathrooms. For that matter, not being a golden retriever, I don't do slippers or newspapers either. I don’t miss either the military or full-time clinical practice. Limiting my public health/travel med/consulting and lecturing to “when I feel like it” has let me happily spend my pension cruising, stash enhancing (oops), arguing with the DH about where we are going to travel next and book buying. Life is good!
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