One Year on the Road

Two women, their golden retriever, and an orphaned kitten hit the road in an RV for one year of "pretirement"

Trailblazer Award Photos

Jennifer Meyer March 20, 2016 Photos No Comments

I flew to Santa Cruz for a weekend to accept a Lifetime Achievement award for LGBTQ trailblazers.

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Lunch with Marsha and Claire.

Darcy and Sharon with their twins Bodi and McKenzie.

Lots of silliness in this family.

A little rough-housing.

Sharon is a great cook. This was breakfast.

McKenzie with Buddy.

A much-adored pup.

Silly faces.

They all take turns cuddling Buddy.

Tired but happy with their second gen family.

Kate and me with Darcy and baby Tani. (I was pregnant.)

Bodi and I walked Buddy down to the beach.

Sandpipers in the surf.

It was really windy.

Buddy jumped in the river by accident.

Buddy loves to play fetch.

Metal band on driftwood log.

Bodi and his pal.

Angelica making pozole with her sous chef, Izzie.

Angelica with Kita and Tobi in 1986.

We walked in the rain to East Cliff.

The only house on the coast side of the road.

This curious property was just sold recently.

An elaborate fortress...

...around a funky little house.

Such interesting detail.

Abalone shell in the fence top.

Window to the house.

We went to a movie and ran into another old friend, Carol.

Angelica and I walked around downtown.

Nice to see the downtown mall thriving. (We left after the 1989 earthquake.)

Alley mural.

A stop in Bookshop Santa Cruz is a must. Every town should have a bookstore like this.

Angelica could make this outfit work.

Dog waiting for owner.

Tom Scribner statue. He played the saw on the mall during my early Santa Cruz years.

This group was celebrating a birthday and invited us to join.

The Museum of Art and History, where the Trailblazer event was.

We met up with Claire and Marsha.

Our old friend, Kelsey.

Info about the awardees.

West Magazine articles about our family.

The first was an award-winning piece about lesbian moms. The other two were follow-ups.

I'm sorry Kate wasn't with me for this.

Friends Canon and Eve.

I hadn't seen my friend Jill in decades.

Jerry Solomon, a popular therapist and activist, spoke.

As did Lauren Cruz, another therapist in town.

Lauren in the 70s.

My name in bright lights.

Claire and I received our awards together.

It felt great to get such recognition after all these years.

An impressive certificate, signed by politicians.

Our friend, Marie (also a Matrix volunteer) got her own award for other work.

Congratulated by Diversity Center president, Claudio Schnier.

With Claire, then and now.

With younger me, working on paste-up.

With the first Matrix issue.

Marie then and now.

Talking about old times with Marie.

Marie and me in 1983.

She was so cute!

We met with dear friend, Barbara Riverwomon, for dinner afterwards.

That same heart-opening smile back in the 80s.

The old gang together again.

And for fun... a few more historic photos. That's Kate with a friend's son, and me with the Matrix banner in the Pride Parade.

That's Claire in the back. Me, Nadine Minces, and Sue Schultz in the front.

Claire on the right with her signature mane of auburn hair.

Claire and me in our friend Ray's cabin.

Me and Claire: buds forever.

Me and Kate in front of the Matrix office.

Me videotaping Matrix work.

We must have been behind schedule; I'm looking so grumpy.

Kate managed the typesetting business for Matrix.

Pregnant me with Kate at the office.

And with Claire, trying to move furniture.

Our family, so many years ago.

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