Post One - Prologue

So, all along, I guess the plan was to have a house in the forest. But it did not start out that way. Exactly.
In the beginning, there was Columbus Avenue. A duplex apartment Barry and I shared with my high school pals while we were in college in Chico, which was followed by our big, cool, weird version of the Winchester Mystery house on Nord Ave before we got married and moved to Gram's apartment building at 24th and Noriega in The City. Buying our house on Tampa Drive in San Rafael signaled real adult commitment in real estate and when we desired a lawn, and moved to Novato in '94, it was a move that proved to be a good one, as we have stayed there the last 18 years!
Our only son graduates from college in a month. We have both passed the half century mark in our lives. We have proved ourselves in our respective careers and volunteer lives, and ....
it is now time for the next move.