This is my last blog entry as an Oregonian.

The computer will be powered down very soon. The truck is to be loaded tomorrow. Next Monday will be the first night in my new residence.

Waves of emotion wash over me as I ponder the beginning of yet another chapter. This time I bid adieu to my adoptive state of the last 37 years and embark on an adventure as a Golden Stater. While there’s a sense of wonderment and excitement accompanying this change, there is, I admit, a deep and persistent melancholy at needing to leave behind a landscape and people I have come to intimately know and love.

How will I cope with my losses? I don’t know, but I’m sure there will be many new things to learn, and interesting people to meet, that will help me during the transition.

How will this all turn out? I don’t know, but I’m excited to see!

Please stay tuned and join me on the flip side. My internet service is scheduled to be connected in Larkspur a week from today.