Drifting... A very vivid memory of mine was of my mother saying "A rolling stone gathers no moss." Our family was moving from VA to CA (see below). Reading emotions has never been my strongest skill, so I took this phrase and turned it over in my head and tried to make sense of it. I understood we were rolling again, but I could not figure out if moss was good or bad. Was Moss equal to the pool table, big house, my mom's 56 Buick, and toys we had to sell at out yard sale?
Or was the moss something that was growing on our insides from living in Lynchburg, Virginia? California sounded romantic: skate boarders, beaches, and Hollywood. Also, I liked moving - We had been in Virginia quite a long time, and we didn't really seem to be making it. My father was unemployed (whoops, I mean self employed) and my mom worked long hours at a high school.
I'm still not sure if the moss is material possessions, friends, or a strange state of mind. Rolling on sure does eliminate all of those: possessions, friends, and that strange state of mind. Having written all this, I'm itching right now to move!
The pictures on this page are all iconic representations of the area I have lived in.  
.5 1972 Highland Park, NJ home #1 (Adelaide Ave) 2 1972-1973 Geneseo, NY home #2 (Oak Street) 3 1973-1978 Geneseo, NY home #3 (Second Street) 1 1978-1979 Hiedelberg, Germany home #4 (Wolfsbrunnensteige house) 1 1979-1980 Hiedelberg, Germany home #5 (Gastehaus) 6 1980-1986 Lynchburg, VA home #6 (Kensington Ave) 2 1986-1988 Los Gatos, CA home #7 (Kimble Ave) 1 1988-1989 Los Gatos, CA home #8 (Blossom Hill Rd) 1 1989-1990 Los Gatos, CA home #9 (Rogers Rd) 1 1990-1991 Berkeley, CA home #10 (Clark Kerr dorms) 1.5 1991-1992 Berkeley, CA home #11 (Cloyne - 3 different rooms) .5 1993 Berkeley, CA home #12 (Haskell St.) 1 1993-1994 Oakland, CA home #13 (Shattuck) .3 1994 Berkeley, CA home #14 (Cloyne - again) 1 1994-1995 Berkeley, CA home #15 (Fenwick Weaver) .3 1995 Portland, OR home #16 (Lincoln St) .6 1996 Portland, OR home #17 (35th Place) 2.5 1996-1999 SF, CA home #18 (Webster St) .3 1999 SF, CA home #19 (The Cave) 1 1999-2000 SF, CA home #20 (Treasure Island) 2 2000-???? SF, CA home #21 (The Cave) 
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