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Currently planning a culinary boat tour of the Brazilian Amazon. In addition to the regular tourist activities (Meeting of the Waters, swimming with dolphins, sleeping in the jungle, etc.) Carlos, aka the Jaguar, will arrange for us to participate or watch the cooks, as they prepare our meal. He will also orchestrate opportunities to taste excotic foods like ants. Learn more and register.

I am currently seeking:

  1. A buyer for my condo at 545 Pierce St., #3002, Albany, CA 94706.
  2. Long-term housing in the San Francisco Bay Area, starting April 2025 or so.
  3. Support as I manage my father's hospice care - advice and care for me in particular.
  4. Support in sorting through the belongings I have accumulated with the goal of minimizing what I continue to carry with me.
  5. Selling or giving away a large dining table with 4 chairs

In the next few months I will be looking for resources around:

If you are willing to support me (especially in going through my belongings), have any suggestions, resources, etc., please contact me. Text to 415-425-7797 is preferred.

On this page:

Other things I am involved in (or would like to be involved in):

Condo in Albany For Sale: 2 BR, 2 BA, 2 parking spaces, pool, hot tub, 1 mile from El Cerrito Plaza

THE NEIGHBORHOOD: 545 Pierce Street in Albany is very close to a small mall with 99 Ranch, restraunts and other stores; half a mile from Peet's and El Cerrito Plaza (Trader Joes, Daiso, UPS store, Fedex, and more). About a mile to El Cerrito Plaza BART.

Text me at the number above to discuss.

Communal Living

My housing goals are to:

I am allergic to dogma, but I am human and inconsistent, so I want to live with like-minded people.

If you are considering inviting me to live with you here are some things you should know about me: I am responsible, self-aware, practice (not perfect at) nonviolent communication (NVC - also see the Resources page), and am clear about when and where I can be flexible and adaptable. I use my computer for media (no TV), and prefer to spend time with friends, attending social justice activities, political and scientific lectures, literary and live theatre events. As a result I look at my email intermittantly, and it is better to text or phone me at 415-425-7797 if you are trying to contact me. I live intentionally and am constantly improving how realistic I am about my bandwidth.

I lived in The Hearth (aka the coaching house) (sublet February 1 to June 30, 2018) and I also spent a brief time at Ludin's house aka Monkey Island Co-op. I am flexible with my move date since I own a condo. And would love to eplore the possibility of co-owning a home with my housemates.

In the future I want to live in a large communal household with children, where dinner is served every night (which I am willing to cook weekly, if needed). More on the characteristics of my "dream" home below. However, right now I live in reality.

More details about my vision for community living...

The household of my dreams is (not necessarily in this order):

and has (aka roses)...

Why so many people? you may ask... well, if you have a critical mass, an issue between 2 residents is just that. If you have 4 people in a house and 2 of them are struggling with their relationship, that sets the tone for every interacion in the house. If you are the one in conflict, if you have 8 people in the house, it is just one of your relationships, and there are 6 others for you to get along with, be supported by, and help you resolve the one conflict.

That said, I would rather live in a space where conflict is actively addressed and resolved. However, it seems that requires a "constant stream of exhaustive communication." I think this phrase was constructed as an insult. I find it very soothing, so for me it is a compliment (thank you, Eric!). I have limited capacity to engage in conversations on finance, stocks, bonds, sports, hollywood movies, popular culture, and other conventional pastimes.

Deal breakers (aka thorns):

My interest in helping emancipated foster youth continues...

Supporting Foster Youth in building support networks as they emancipate

This started with ideas and concepts; with the hope that one day I will find the right platform to turn it into an implemented program.

Objective: To help emancipated foster youth build support communities.

As I have learned the hard way, a supportive community is not easy to establish. Young people need a support system, and foster youth don't have the benefit of strong support systems growing up, so their challenges are unique and considerable. Sometimes a support community evolves, but more often than not youth either have no one to turn to, or turn to people who have motives other than altruism in helping. Sometimes those motives are destructive.

My dream is to develop a program that helps emancipated foster youth form support systems that will serve the roll that extended family and family friends serve for those of us lucky enough to have them. I would like to engage "mainstream" or "middle class" people who are involved in different communities - former CASAs, job seekers, church and community organizations - in helping with individual tasks, with the hope that some of these relationships will evolve into lifelong connections. Also, I would like to work with youth to discover what their network consists of, so we can supplement it to cover all their needs.

I have developed a concept of what this might look like. I am trying to find partners to work through the plan and implementation of such a project (feel free to email me to discuss).

Construction work: design coordination and floor plan consulting

Design coordination and floor plan consulting (construction). Design coordination and limited Project Management from beginning to end provided for:

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