I moved to California in 1972, a wonderful place to live, not least of all because there is a strong emphasis on personal freedom which leads to a relaxed style of thought and dress, aka anything goes and a city like Berkeley which declared itself a nuclear free zone some years ago. Don't know how this enforced but it is one of the reasons locals call it Berzerkly. Not too much snow here unless you seek it, summer events never need a back up plan in case of rain because it does not rain from late spring until fall and the few mosquitoes are very slow flyers. I am so looking forward to returning to Arkansas at retirement the one place I feel most at home.

September 25, 1999
It's amazing how many years have gone by since we graduated and yet we still look so much the same. Never feel any older unless I try to run (gasp!). My interrupted zoology degree at ASU is still not completed by I figure it's in progress until I no longer am. Seeing my classmates again has become much more important after breaking the ice with a few of you, can't believe how shy I still feel, quite ridiculous in such an old, I mean mature, bag. I'll be looking for you next time I'm in Batesville and hoping for a chance to get some of Rose Dozier's most excellent desserts at Danny's new place on the river.