Bill Fischer:  

Life Hello! I graduated from Abraham Lincoln Senior High School in 1963. It's difficult for me to believe that this happened over forty years ago! I now live in Poway, California, with my wife, Marianne, and my favorite cat, Sweetie. For over 30 years, I was a primary care pediatrician. My first two years, I was a pediatrician at the US Naval Hospital in Taipei, Taiwan. For several years, I worked in Orange County, California. In August of 1986, I was able to return to San Diego. I've been retired for a few years, but I still find my time filled with honey-do lists, projects, and challenges. Just now, I am learning Web site design in order to develop a professional Web site. I'm also learning Photoshop CS2 so I can add my own graphics to it. Our property in Julian was razed during the Cedar Fire in 2003. All that remained was charred stumps and powdery gray topsoil. But you'd be amazed how rapidly Mother Nature renews herself. Oak and pine trees are beginning to spring up. Where I once lamented that the soil had been sterilized, I now find myself working with chain saw, pruner, hedger and weed whacker. I also learned plumbing skills to repair PVC pipes so I could resurrect the water system. I've lived in my Poway condo for over 20 years. In that time, I've watched this little city grow. When I was a kid, Poway was a rural city in the wilderness. Now, the "City in the Country" has become a suburban community. Poway can even boast of its own Walmart, Home Depot and Costco. Civilization has arrived! I was born at Paradise Valley Hospital in San Diego. (It was then called "Paradise Valley Sanitarium"; My sister and brother never neglected to remind me that I was born in the "sanitarium.") My family and I lived at 6446 Detroit Avenue (which later became 6426 Skyline Drive)....Expand for more