Some biographical information
Simon Baldwin's biog
Where we live
Here's Gill and
me trying to look all 'James Dean' outsitde our current rented house in
Santa Cruz. Gill is the one dressed in green, in case you were wondering.
The house is about eight blocks from the sea, and less than a block from
downtown Santa Cruz. What you can see of the deck is all that we have as
regards outdoor living space. At the back of the house there's a large
hill. Large enough, in fact, to come down during the 1989 earthquake and
demolish the house that previously stood on this site (at least, that's what
we heard when we moved in; it seems this may be an urban legend).
Judging by the angle
of the sun, this photograph was taken late in the day; the front of the
house, seen here, faces just about due south.
Click on the photograph to get a larger version.
Where we have lived before here
Here's a list of a few dates and places we've lived before moving to
Santa Cruz. If you think you may know either of us from a previous life,
this will help you decide for sure. If it turns out that you are indeed
a long-lost friend or acquaintance, we'd love to hear from you -- please
email.
- 1986-1997 - Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, UK. I worked at Scicon,
London and Milton Keynes, GST Cambridge, and SCO Watford. Gill worked at
the Open University, Transart in Huntingdon, and OCC in Oxford.
- 1983-1986 - Streatham, London, UK, and Kegworth, Nottingham, UK. I
worked at Scicon, London, and Gill at the University of Nottingham Agricultural
College at Sutton Bonington.
- 1982 - Basildon, Essex, UK. I worked at Marconi Avionics. Gill was
still at college.
- 1979-1981 - Southampton University, UK.
- pre-1979 - I lived in Weymouth, Dorset, UK. Gill in Banstead,
Surrey, UK.
Here's Gill and
me trying to look all 'James Dean' outsitde our current rented house in
Santa Cruz. Gill is the one dressed in green, in case you were wondering.
The house is about eight blocks from the sea, and less than a block from
downtown Santa Cruz. What you can see of the deck is all that we have as
regards outdoor living space. At the back of the house there's a large
hill. Large enough, in fact, to come down during the 1989 earthquake and
demolish the house that previously stood on this site (at least, that's what
we heard when we moved in; it seems this may be an urban legend).
Judging by the angle
of the sun, this photograph was taken late in the day; the front of the
house, seen here, faces just about due south.