“i was 25 years old when, with 4 boxes and an old mattress, i moved into this house, alone. my contemporaries thought i was nuts. no-one i knew at that time had bought a house. after moving 11 times in the previous 5 years, i just knew i wanted to put down roots. i dragged that mattress to and slept in every room in the house before before i decided where i wanted to sleep for the years to come. in 1975 i was a young, undisciplined, wildly idealistic, and rather clueless 20-something, and i suppose it could be said, i grew up in this house. now, in 2021, as i approach the beginning of my 73rd trip around the sun, i can't imagine i will ever live anywhere else. we'll see about that.”
