Jane Sokolow:
CLASS OF 1960
East Bakersfield High SchoolClass of 1960
Bakersfield, CA
Jane's Story
In a nutshell:
Get born
Keep on
Short pants
Romance
Learn to dance -
Oh no! That's Bob Dylan's story. Lessee...
Stanford, Stanford-in-Germany, came back and transferred to Cal in '62, BA Linguistics '64, married Steve Sokolow, did 2 yrs grad work, Free Speach Movement came along, turned on, tuned in, dropped out, hitch hiked w/Steve thru Europe, N Africa '67, split up (he went to India, I went to London then NYC), returned to CA and Steve, had daughter Molly '69, created commune in Berkeley (where else?) of 7 adults, several children, had son Tano '71, commune split up '72, traveled in van all summer to East Coast, saw eclipse of sun, returned to Berkeley, bought a house, took 1 yr pre-med, but became professional masseuse (my art) instead, went to, taught in Berkeley Psychic Institute (yes, I did) 3 yrs, reveled in Human Potential Movement, lived 4 mos in Maui, split up w/Steve, moved to Nevada City, started a monthl...Expand for more
y newspaper, the Catalyst, 3 yrs later moved to Menlo Park (Steve & I traded the kids every other year and were friends), threw body onto the machine of Silicon Valley and got job at Atari, then became technical writer and worked 20 years at several companies, incl Oracle & Sun Microsystems, meantime bought a "burner-downer" in MP, fixed it up and its pool (yes!), kids moved out and onto college (one's an artist, the other an actor), started dating again, several years later met Bill Branca from NJ, he moved in, we bought a beautiful house together in Oakland in 1995 (my house-fixing kharma paid off), got a dog, traveled to England, Italy, quit job in 04, bought pet sitting agency, sold it 2 yrs later, now have two dogs, retired, learning to train dogs, got cert in dog massage (really!), donate time at local pet shelter, travel some, live busy life doing a bunch of things, now reuniting with old friends in Bakersfield.
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