ANNOTATED FAMILY LINKS


 
One of the advantages of having a large family is the variety of interests to which you are exposed Each person in OUR family has introduced you to some of her own interests on her individual pages. What follows is an annotated list of links to other favorite things, things that we have enjoyed together as a family or which have special significance to us as a family. This list will be frequently updated....so check back to see where we have been and what we are doing.
 

    PLACES WE'VE LIVED


     
  • SEATTLE, THE EMERALD CITY
    Our home for the last 16 years and Nancy's "hometown." There are more pictures and links on our own Washington Statepages
     
  • RIO GRANDE VALLEY, TEXAS
    OUR HOME FROM 1979 TO 1981. We lived in Raymondville,a small town about 30 miles north of Harlingen Texas. Nancy worked at Su Clinica Familiar and Mark taught in LaSara, a tiny village 10 miles from Raymondville. The Rio Grande Valley has some of the world's finest birding sites and Matamoros Mexico is about an hour's drive south of Raymondville.
     
  • SOUTH PADRE ISLAND
    is barrier island in the Gulf of Mexico extending from Corpus Christi to the north to Brownsville in the south. We spent many weekends playing on the beach on South Padre Island.
     
  • CARTAGENA DE INDIAS
    is where we met and married----our first home. Cartagena is a lovely walled city on the Caribbean coast of Colombia.
     
     

    COLLEGES WE'VE ATTENDED



     
  • UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA AT SANTA BARBARA
    MARK, BACHELOR OF ARTS, 1966
     
  • HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVESITY
    MARK, MASTERS OF SCIENCE, 1970
     
  • BARNARD COLLEGE, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
    NANCY, BACHELOR OF ARTS, 1965
     
  • MILLS COLLEGE
    KATIE, BACHELOR OF ARTS, 1991
     
  • WESTERN WASHINGTON UNIVESITY
    ELISE, BACHELOR OF ARTS, 1996
     
  • UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
    KATIE, PHD CANDIDATE, CLINICAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL PSYCHOLOGY, PROJECTED, 2000
     
  • YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING
    NANCY,MASTERS OF SCIENCE, NURSING, 1979
     
     
  • UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON
    Sarah enrolled in September, 1999
     
     

    CAUSES WE BELIEVE IN


     
  • THE NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE CORPS
    Nancy worked for the Corps from 1979 to 1981. The NHSC sends health care providers to underserved areas throughout the United States.
     
  • PROJECT HOPE
    Project HOPE has provided health education, health policy research, and humanitarian assistance to 70 countries around the world. Nancy worked as a Health Educator in Cartagena Colombia in 1967-68. During this time she helped set up Family Planning Clinics, and taught health education techniques in the medical, nursing, and dental schools of the University of Cartagena.
     
  • PEACE CORPS
    Mark and Nancy met while serving in the Peace Corps in Colombia, from 1965 to 1968. They both taught biology classes to secondary teachers.
     
  • America's Farmworkers
    and Migrant Health. Nancy and Mark both volunteered for the United Farmworkers Union (UFW)in the early 70's and have long supported "La Causa"
     
  • United Farmworker's of America
    The Official Website of the United Farmworkers Union.
     
  • Amnesty International
    monitors countries throughout the world regarding human rights issues.
     
  • Childreach International
    We have sponsered two different children in Cali, Colombia, as a way to continue contributing to this wonderful country that we grew to know and love while we lived there.
     
  • The American Civil Liberties Union
    Yes, we are card carrying members....grin!
     
  • Oxfam International
    is one of our favorite charities. Oxfam provides people with the means to help themselves, be it a well, or seeds or technical help.
     
  • GreenPeace International
    is a NGO (non governmental organization) which monitors the countries of the world on such issues as environmental hazards and endangered species.
     
  • Habitat for Humanity
    helps people afford to own their own housing. Volunteers assist families in building their own home.
     
  • The Nature Conservancy
    is one of Sarah's Favorites! She has been a member since whe was 5! The Nature Conservancy purchases critical habitats in various parts of the United States to keep them a part of our national heritage.
     
  • The Southern Poverty Law Center
    This courageous organization keeps tabs on the hate groups that plague our society and provides legal assistence in bringing them to justice.
     
  • The Carter Center
    President Carter has continued his peacekeeping efforts throughout the world via the Carter Center and the Center has become a training place for individuals who wish to contribute to this legacy.
     

    PLACES IN THE HEART


     
    It would be very hard indeed to list all of the beautiful places we have camped, birdwatched, tidepooled or just stopped for awhile to enjoy the scenery. Take a look at just a few of them.
     
  • SanDiego Beaches
    The closest beaches to Calexico, 1970-76
     
  • National Forest campgrounds
     
  • GORP
    Great Outdoors Recreation Pages
     
  • Badlands National Park
    One of Sarah's favorite places
     
  • Washington and Oregon National Forests

  • US Forest Service
     
  • Glacier National Park, Monatana
     
  • Yellowstone National Park
     
  • Mt Rainier National Park
     
  • Pictures at Mt Rainier National Park
     
  • Arches National Park
     
  • Grand Canyon National Park
     
  • Redwood National Park
     
  • Yosemite Valley National Park

  • Mesa Verde National Park
     
  • Crater Lake National Park
     
  • Olympic National Park
     
  • Canyonlands National Park
     
  • Zion National Park
     
  • Grand Teton National Park
     
  • Acadia National Park
     
  • Anza Borrego State Park, California
    Wildflower Updates, including a key to desert wildflowers and other great sites for seeing desert wildflowers
     
  • Patrick's Point State Park, California
    See Abalone Point, a great tidepooling site.
     

  • North Cascades National Park
     

    MUSIC LINKS


     
     
  • Seattle Symphony Orchestra
     
  • GILBERT AND SULLIVAN
    an ezine dedicated to this hilarious duo
     
  • CLASSICAL MUSIC ON THE NET
     
  • WELCOME TO THE MUSIC OF THE WORLD

  • AFRO CARIBBEAN MUSIC
     

    JUDAISM


     
     
  • CCAR
     
  • Virtual Jerusalem Jewish Net
     
  • Bibliography of Jewish Feminist thought
     
  • Project Genesis: online classes
     
  • Jewish links
     
  • Jewish in Seattle
     
  • NewYork Kollel
     
  • Shabbat Family Table Talk
     
  • Jewish Family and Life
     
  • Cool Jewish Stuff
     
     

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