Jean Hanamoto:  

I spent my first 16 years on Ruby St. in Redwood City before I married a Sequoia H.S. "jock" - oh, so young - and had two girls before I was 18. I struggled for some years with being a single Mom. Many things have changed for me. I went back to school and have been a watercolor, digital & graphics artist for over 20 years. I taught myself to put up a web site a few years later. I've been happily married since 1986. George and I met late, so all of our children are grown. We moved from Morgan Hill in 2005 to Willits in Mendocino County, and were lucky enough to find our way-better-than-anything-we-could-dream house. We fit here so perfectly, and we've met many new friends. Our yard is bird paradise. I'm involved with the Willits Community Theater (scenery & props), and we both take classes at the Jr. college. We never thought we'd ever leave Morgan Hill, but the time was right, and the real estate market too good to ignore. Now we wouldn't live anywhere else. 2/28/2009 I am a "Marijuana Artist". My work is mostly my own original photography enhanced in Photoshop, although I'm now creating cartoon characters, too. As a former prize-winning watercolor painter, I learned about textures, colors, and composition so that when I turned to the c...Expand for more