Where we met and when

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2027         Seattle?

2026         Zoom primarily. 40th Anniversary, SW7.

2025         One day together in Newport? 

                        Monthly Zoom.

                        Jeanne now living at Providence 

                           Mount St. Vincent, Seattle.

2024         Monthly Zoom only?

                        Sharon’s party for Terry, May 25; 

                           he departed Oct. 2 (Zoom).

                        Anne & Sharon to Lassen, Oct. 12.

2023         Seattle, Oct. 23, near Jeanne’s place. 

2022         Palm Springs #2. Just 3 nights—

                        5 or 6 of us? Jeanne there? 

2021         Newport Beach, Oct. 15-17. 5 of us. 

                        Missing Joanne, hip surgery.

2020         Covid 19 epidemic.

2019         Ventura, Oct. 17-21. Barbra’s last time.

2018         Did we meet?

2017         La Jolla, Sept. 21-24. Kris’s home.

2016         Lopez Island west of Seattle.

2015         South Tahoe.

2014         Joshua Tree. 

                        Missing Jeanne, Joanne, Loie.

2013         Oxnard.  Missing Jeanne with mother. 

                        Karen’s aneurysm.

2012         Point Reyes. Visiting Loie’s new home.

2011         Mini-gathering in Laguna Beach 

                        to plan for 2012.

                        Sharon, Karen, Jeanne, Anne.

2010         Palm Springs #1. April 30 - May 3.

                        Sharon: topic of aging.

                        Karen told us about Steve.

2009         Sea Ranch, Mendocino, Oct. 18.

2008         Wisconsin, July 30.  Loie’s family home.

2007         No gathering? Joanne, Jeanne to Colo.,

                        for Telluride Film Festival.

2006         Harrisonburg, VA, Oct. 30, Barbra’s.

                        Missing Joanne & Jeanne.

2005         Santa Catalina.

2004         Kauai, Hawaii, May 30 weekend. 

                        Missing Barbra (accident 2003).

2003         Napa Valley #3, May 30, Gary’s again.

                        Snowed out of Tahoe.

                        Loie working on Raising the Bar. 

                        Missing: Joanne, Barbra (accident).

2002         Did we meet?

2001         Napa Valley #2, first time to Gary E's

                        house near Anguin. All 7 came.

2000        Karen’s Mt. Baldy house? Oct. 19, 

                        followed by Glen Ivy. Not all of us.

1999         San Pedro, April. Joanne’s new house.

                        Then Glen Ivy. 

                        Missing Sharon, Anne.

1998         No gathering. Difficult year.

                        Terry talking with Sharon. 

                        Jeanne broke up with Lisa.

1997         Santa Fe, 10^th anniversary of SW7 trips.

                        Missing Sharon, Anne.

                        Intervention in September.

1996         No gathering.

                        Dick moved out.

1995         Idylwild in fall. Karen’s 50^th birthday. 

                        Sharon discovered financial issues.

1994         Palos Verdes Estates #2, fall, Sharon’s. 

                        Missing Loie.

                        Unions: Barbra, Dale; Heather, Eric.

1993         Mendocino. All of us in tough places.

                       Gaelic t-shirts from Joanne.

1992        Napa Valley #1, Calistoga. 

1991         Telluride. Anne's house. Sharon t-shirts:

                        “What part of NO...?”

1990         Rosarito, Baja.

                        Joanne turned 40. Jo Butt, 

                            Lo Butt, No Butt, Bubble Butt.

 1989        Palos Verdes Estates #1, Nov. 5. 

                        Blessing Sharon’s new home.

                        "Sex, Lies & Videotapes" 

1988         Sedona, Oak Creek Cyn. Oct. 19. 

                        Missing Loie.

                        "What do you all think of Jesus?"

                        Jeanne: “I might marry Frank.”

1987         Santa Fe in the fall. Missing Joanne

                        and Anne (birth of Marie).

1986         Camp Colby, Angeles Forest, Sept.

                        "Women and Power" conf of

                                Southwest EWC.

                        Karen’s talk: women, power, Fuller.

                        Wanting to continue? Meet at table.

                        Then monthly meetings at Sharon's 

                            on Vanderlip Rd.

1986        Fresno conference of EWC, July.

                        Anne, Karen, Sharon, Jeanne &

                                    Joanne attending.

                        Barbra performing in a drama.

 

Birthdays—please make corrections on dates:

December, 1952            Barbra

April 12, 1952                Loie

July 1, 1951                   Joanne

August 19, 1948             Anne

October 10, 1945            Karen

November 26, 1944         Jeanne

November 19, 1942         Sharon

2026 - Primarily Zoom

How to make it happen?  Less mobility, health issues in ourselves and families...

Jeanne in Seattle...

Sharon in Sacramento...

Loie sometimes in Sausalito...

Karen in Claremont...

Joanne in San Pedro...

Anne in Santa Monica...

Anne & Sharon on January 3, 2026

2025 - Zooms sufficed

 Monthly Zooms and much travel. 

Jeanne moved to Providence Mt. St. Vincent in Seattle.

2024 - Did a few of us see Sharon in Newport?

 May 25, 2024 - Sharon's party for Terry

She was caring for him most of the time.

Then Anne and Sharon drove up to Lassen Volcanic National Park in late October.

October 2023 Seattle

We met near Jeanne's new residence south of SeaTac. 

We were missing Barbra.

2022 Palm Springs on a golf course

 Six of us or five of us? only 3 nights.  Delightful.

2021 - October 15-17 in Newport Beach

 Sharon invited us to her brother Mark's home. Anne, Karen, Jeanne, and Loie were there. Joanne had just had hip replacement surgery so was not present. 

Earlier that year in April, Jeanne and I were going to fly to Mazatlan but didn't make it. Instead we had a visit at my house and then her sister's house in Northridge. We went to Easter Sunday church together in Northridge, April 17, 2021.

2019 - Oct. 17-21 in Ventura CA

 Barbra was with us.             

The house had a few electrical problems.

Looking forward to September 21-24 in La Jolla

Wonderful that Kris has made her home available to us for a date that works for all of us.  Good to see the cats being herded into plane reservations and such.

Now praying for good health for everyone...

2016 Lopez Island

SW7 went to the Northwest for the first time, end of September 2016.

Wonderful weekend on Lopez Island, courtesy of Sharon's friend Anne (Powell?).

2015 South Tahoe

We met at a house on Marla Bay in Zephyr Cove, Glenbrook, Nevada, just east of Stateline NV and South Lake Tahoe CA.

Everyone present except Karen, who is in Nairobi, Kenya.  Anne and Joanne arrived at Sharon's house in Sacramento on Thursday evening and drove up together on Friday morning.

Loie and Barbra drove from Loie's house on Friday morning.  

We all ate at Edgewood Golf Course and then came out to the house.

Jeanne joined us on Saturday afternoon after a bout with passing kidney stones.

We spent a couple of hours Saturday evening remembering past gatherings, then went to online blog to get dates more accurately.  

Common elements of SW7 gatherings:

• good food
• unconditional love
• adventures

Sharon claims title of Most Terrible Bitch over the years.  Reasons for her claim to this title are not clear, but she says there are three reasons:

• Ice - Mexico 
• Complaints over use of technology during our time together (Palm Springs? earlier?)
• Issues over being present when present and sharing (not falling asleep during someone's share),

Now reflecting on aging... again.

Trying to remember where we met in just the last five years:

2015  Tahoe
2014  Joshua Tree
2013  Oxnard
2012  Point Reyes--seeing Loie's new house
2011  missed - mini-gathering in Laguna Beach to plan 2012
2010  Palm Springs
2009  Sea Ranch
2008  Wisconsin at Loie's sister's house

As of 2014... where we've been and when...

Southwest Seven Saga

Our best guess on where we've met in past years... to be confirmed by everybody from hard copy notes and from dates of photos.  Note: corrected by Anne 10/24/14 from notes made at Palm Springs and Harrisonburg.  

Please log in to make corrections to this list and to add photos and memories of various visits--before we lose more memory!

October 2014 – Joshua Tree  (missing: Jeanne, Joanne, and Loie)

October 2013 – Oxnard  (missing: Jeanne caring for her mother)

October 2012 – Point Reyes - visiting Loie's new house

September 2011 - mini at Laguna Beach (just Karen, Sharon, Anne, and Jeanne)

April 30 - May 3, 2010 - Palm Springs

2009 - Sea Ranch, Mendocino Co. (missing Anne, Joanne)

May? 2008 – Wisconsin, Loie’s family house

2007 – A transition year from fall to spring gatherings

October 2006 – Harrisonburg, Virginia, Barbra’s home (missing: Joanne)

October 2005 – Santa Catalina

May 2004 – Kauai, Hawaii

April 2003 – Napa Valley 3, second visit to Gary's house

                                      (missing: Barbra after accident, Joanne)

2002 ???

Spring 2001 – Napa Valley 2, first visit to Gary’s house (Anne missing)

2000 -- ???  Karen’s cabin, Mt. Baldy?

April 1999 - Joanne's house San Pedro (missing: Sharon, Anne) 

                             (Could this be the end?)

1998 - We did not meet.

April 1997 – Santa Fe - 10th anniversary of Southwest Seven (missing Sharon)

1996 – No gathering (transition to spring meeting 1997)

Fall 1995 -- Idylwild

Fall 1994 - Palos Verdes Estates 2 (missing: Loie)

Fall 1993 - Mendocino (sad year) – Gaelic t-shirts from Joanne

Fall 1992 – Napa 1; we ate at Terra Restaurant (missing: Anne)

August 1991 – Telluride, Anne’s house

                   Sharon’s t-shirts: “What part of NO don’t you understand?”

Fall 1990 – Rosarito, Baja California

Fall 1989 – Palos Verdes Estates 1, Sharon’s new house

                             “Sex, Lies, & Videotapes”

1988 – Sedona (missing Loie) “What do you all think of Jesus?”

Fall 1987 - Santa Fe (missing: Anne, Joanne)

October 1986 – “Women in Power” conference of EWC Southwest at Camp Colby and first meetings of Southwest 7 at Sharon's home in Vanderlip Estates

Note: 

Those SW7 members present at July 1986 Fresno conference of EEWC were Anne, Karen, Sharon, Jeanne, Joanne, Barbra (performing).  (not Loie)

Privacy concerns

Don't put any notes or photos on this website that you do not want available to the entire world.

It's on the world-wide web.  The address could be found or guessed by someone.  I don't know a way to make a website that is not accessible to anyone.

The web address is www.southwest7santafe.blogspot.com.

The ID and password to post things are available from Anne.

Also don't add any labels when you post.  If you add "Joshua Tree" as a label, Google might provide that post among the millions of websites that contain the topic "Joshua Tree."

Precedent (after the fact)

SW7 Nation has determined that we need some by-laws and perhaps even a constitution as we continue our plan of taking over changing the world.

By majority vote, we determine that each person's share of the housing cost (if any) should be paid before we gather, when the house is reserved.  

Whoever has reserved the house should let others know each person's share of the cost if all seven attend.  

After determining to the best of our ability if we can attend, each person needs to commit by paying.  Alas, no refunds for last-minute crises.

Airfare, gasoline expenses, and food expenses will be shared (and extensively calculated) except for the following conditions:

• If there are fewer than five people, Barbara will adjust the amount of airfare she asks us to pay.
• If one of us combines air travel to join us with other personal or family visits, we may decide reduce the amount of airfare we ask the group to pay.

Note:  How long can we afford to fly and gather in beautiful spaces?  We have changed from starving graduate students to persons in mid-life with comfortable salaries to retired persons living on a fixed income.

"With close friends and family, we have to be especially careful with money," said Barbra's father.

Persons handling the financial calculations as a gathering ends need to have mathematical skills (at least to 9th-grade level--preferably an MBA).

2014 - Joshua Tree

Karen, Sharon, Barbra and Anne gathered on Oct. 17-20 in Joshua Tree.

SW 4 just doesn't have the same ring to it.

After being up at dawn for a spectacular rosy sky sunrise, we did an early morning hike in Hidden Valley in the national park.

We went on Skype with Jeanne and then listened to our miracle woman, Karen, describe her journey since January 11 of this year.

2013 Oxnard

We gathered at the beach house of Joanne's friend in Oxnard.  

Walks on the beach, sharing on the beach and on the second floor patio of the beach house.

Jeanne was not with us because she was in the final months of caring for her elderly mother.

2012 Point Reyes

We gathered to see and celebrate Loie's new home in Fairfax, Marin County.

We stayed at a three-story castle with a jacuzzi on the top deck... heavenly.

We visited the Cowgirl Creamery and bought wonderful cheese near Point Reyes.

Sept. 2011-- mini gathering to do planning for 2012

Suggested date: third weekend of May? Thurs. May 17 - Sun. May 20

Second choice: first weekend of May?

Suggested location: Russian River? (hang close to home, low cost, and visit to Loie's home)

Suggestion for 2013: Mexico? (higher cost, big adventure?)

(Notes from Laguna Beach gathering of Sharon, Karen, Jeanne and Anne in Sept. 2011-- we met at a resort near a golf course.)

Why did we meet?  Were we transitioning from spring to fall gatherings?

Note: We did indeed meet near Point Reyes and visit Loie's new home in 2012.

2010 Palm Springs

We met in Palm Springs at a home with a wonderful pool in May, 2010.

All present and accounted for!

Sharon introduced the topic of aging and how we are all coping with it.  The rest of us were not very responsive to this topic.

Another issue raised by Sharon: technology and the presence of computers distracting us from our time together.  Too much time spent online?

Karen had a big confession to make: a new relationship with a man named Steve, whom she had met in November 2009.

Sharon had introduced them as potential climbing partners.  Yes, indeed!

2009 Sea Ranch, Mendocino

We met at Sea Ranch in Mendocino.  Loie arranged it with her university.

Jeanne filmed some of our antics.

Anne was missing.