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Post by paulwest on Jun 5, 2012 9:21:47 GMT -5
Hi gang,
I know this isn't about writing, but I got a question for y'all. Do any of you know of good places to live near Beale Air Force Base in California?
My daughter's husband who is an AF JAG officer is being transferred to Beale and they need to find a good neighborhood.
If you don't know where Beale AFB is, it's about 45 miles north of Sacramento. We already know to avoid Yuba City and Marysville. They are evidently run by gangs and drug traffikers. Any other ideas?
Thanks.
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Post by charlie on Jun 5, 2012 15:24:12 GMT -5
Paul, my thought would be to contact a local bishop and ask him to direct them. Or check LDS real estate services. There should be some of them in the area. I am personally not familiar with the area. Sorry.
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Post by paulwest on Jun 5, 2012 18:24:15 GMT -5
Thanks Charlie. Good ideas. My wife and I are going out there next week with my daughter to see what we can find. Calling on the Bishop is a good idea, but do they have LDS real estate services? I've never heard of them.
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Post by sachiko on Jun 5, 2012 22:10:57 GMT -5
lol! My dad was an USAF JAG.
I have a friend who lived at Beale up till a few years ago.....I think that what from she said, it's a choice between bad and worse there. (i believe it; I lived in CA when I was younger)
want my friend's email addy?
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Post by sachiko on Jun 5, 2012 22:11:16 GMT -5
anyone here ever heard of lectio divina?
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Post by Gary McCallister on Jun 6, 2012 9:47:01 GMT -5
I didn't see June Busting out until after I posted Aloha in May. I am back, and my question is, is there a good place to live in California? MY next question is, what is lectio divina? My next question is, why do I ever leave home when i know what it is like to come home? My last question, for now anyway, is how's everyone doing.
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Post by paulwest on Jun 6, 2012 17:04:55 GMT -5
Thanks Sachiko, but I don't think my daughter is likely to contact your friend. We are going out there next week to look around and try to find a nice house in a nice neighborhood somewhere within commuting distance from Beale. Wish us luck.
And, sorry, but I have no idea what lectio divina is or means for certain, but based on what appears to be the Latin roots, I'd say it means something like divine instructions, or something like that, and I could be way off base. Anyone else want to guess?
And, Gary, be careful. I happen to love California -- just not all the crazy liberals that are ruining the place. The only reason I'm not living there is because my wife wants to go to the East Coast so we sit here in Utah and argue about it, LOL. I'm afraid that someday she'll win out, LOL.
And, sorry, I can't answer your next question, but as for your final question, I'm doing great trying to put the finishing touches to my latest revision of Bridge to Destiny.
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Post by paulwest on Jun 11, 2012 17:58:58 GMT -5
No writing this week. Gone to California.
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Post by sachiko on Jun 12, 2012 17:16:47 GMT -5
I lived in California for awhile when I was younger. It was quite an experience. It's interesting that the popular image of Utah in the media and culture is that it's a podunk white person place and California is wonderful and "diverse". I've never lived anyplace as bigoted as California. (well, there was that time in Virginia...and Biloxi...but that was different. The South never pretended to be socially progressive like CA does) The only time my dad ever got hate mail or suffered prejudice for not being white was in CA. The same goes for my grandma. She's never had a problem with people not accepting her Japanese heritage in Utah, and she moved there in 1950. Not that you asked. I haven't been on in awhile because our internets were down. My husband climbed up on our roof and found that the dark asphalt shingles had somehow reflected sunlight or heat or something in such a way to corrode the cables. So he ran a new line under our eaves. And we are back! I heard about lectio divina from a Jana Reiss column at Beliefnet. It sounds interesting.
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Post by Gary McCallister on Jun 14, 2012 6:53:01 GMT -5
While in Hawaii I spoke to two people who talked about the Hawaiian resentment of the Japanese at one time because they were buying up so much of Hawaii. Since my daughters is married to a man of Japanese heritage I found that interesting. When my daughter married my father-in-law had some difficulty with that arrangement. He fought in the south Pacific during WW II. My son-in-laws grandparents were con fined to the camps. In Hawaii we stayed with my wife's cousin at their condo. His wife is named Gudrun and she is a native German. She still speaks with an accent, though she is a naturalized American citizen. In spite of common wisdom Bigotry is often transient, and changing as new generations see things in new light, new "boogie men" arise, the young rebel. The disturbing thing is that it never seems to go away. So much for the theory that humans are continually evolving and advancing. As individuals we may change and become better (may!) but as human society I don't think it changes much. But because each human livers through about four generations, we think society is changing and we assume it is for the better. Not that you asked. I hate leaving town because it is such a hassle. I hate coming home because it is such a hassle. What is really bad is coming home so you can get ready to leave. That is the mode I have been in the last two weeks. We leave for Kentucky Sat. for about 10 days. I have written columns, but nothing else. I do have an idea that I want to bounce off of you all, but no time to explain it right now. Hope all of your are writing and happy.
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Post by sachiko on Jun 17, 2012 15:00:59 GMT -5
well we just got back in from going to a wedding in Boise. Traveling with 6 kids is no joke! I think Boise is about the limit of our capabilities until kids get older. Utah is just a little TOO far.
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Post by rahmuss on Jun 18, 2012 10:00:20 GMT -5
Wow, I didn't notice that this one was even going. I was wondering why no one had been posting. I guess the links at the top don't include new threads, just threads which I've participated in.
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Post by paulwest on Jun 18, 2012 17:44:11 GMT -5
Sachiko, having grown up in California I never realized there was prejudice against Asian people. I guess it's because I'm racially color blind. I heard about some race riots (blacks against whites) in the community where I grew up, but I never experienced them. But as for Asians, I always admired them for their ingenuity, their neatness, their artistic ness, their high intelligence levels, etc. (I know, all stereotypes).
As for California, I've always loved it there, and after a short trip to help my daughter find a home in Rocklin, CA., I fell in love with it all over again. Rocklin is a beautiful city, with beautiful homes, shopping centers, and landscaping along the major thoroughfares. Plus it's near the Sierra Nevada Mountains which, in my estimation, are the most beautiful mountains in North America, if not the whole world, and which have a colorful history of the 49ers and the gold rush, and the Central Pacific Railroad that became the Southern Pacific RR, and so much more.
Those are some of the reasons I love California. I'm so sorry you've had bad experiences there.
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Post by sachiko on Jun 19, 2012 17:17:51 GMT -5
ah, well, CA IS pretty. Our Girl's Camp was up in the Sierra Nevadas and it is lovely up there!
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Post by charlie on Jun 19, 2012 19:21:19 GMT -5
I spent much of yesterday in Utah. Visited Alpine City Hall and city cemetery. Also visited Fountain Green cemetery (have ancestors in both) and stopped at IKEA in Draper.
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