Hello! It is now August 2014 and I am settled for good in Northern California. I am done with my gypsy ways and have a good job in Folsom. I do still pine for Modesto, but there are no jobs there, so being 100 miles away will have to do until I retire in 12 years. I have no need to move back to Oregon or Alaska, even with family and friends in both places, but they are there to visit. Meanwhile, I have cleaned up the crappy poetry here at Deviant Art and will be adding more good stuff, along with new photographs. Life is good now, but I still wrestle with depression and various traumatic memories. Carry on, good artists and writers! The world