1.0Fall/Winter 2011https://magazine.umw.edu/fallwinter2011Cathy Dereckihttps://magazine.umw.edu/fallwinter2011/author/cderecki/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="iSwNRCnMl6"><a href="https://magazine.umw.edu/fallwinter2011/class-notes/1975/">1975</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://magazine.umw.edu/fallwinter2011/class-notes/1975/embed/#?secret=iSwNRCnMl6" width="600" height="338" title="“1975” — Fall/Winter 2011" data-secret="iSwNRCnMl6" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://magazine.umw.edu/fallwinter2011/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js /* ]]> */ </script> My husband, Gene, and I are now empty nesters and recently sold our house and downsized. We’re still in Southern California in a townhome while we figure out where we want to relocate. The northern states are out of contention, since the winters are too cold and bitter (been there, done that). Between Gene’s penchant […]