Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Profiles of list participants

[Diane Q Simpson (dqs]

My name is Diane Simpson. I am a graphic designer (interesting that I am 
replying to a message posted by a book publisher!!) and I live in the 
Jamaica Plain section of Boston. I am not yet in an official cohousing 
"group" (at least nothing that I would announce to the outside world as a 
cohousing group) but I am involved in some very serious reseach in the 
cohousing development process with another couple from Jamaica Plain. We 
met four months ago at the Cohousing Center in Watertown, and since that 
time have had a couple of meetings, one of which was to go visit two 
cohousing projects in the western part of the state.
I have lived in Jamaica Plain for eighteen years. I am forty years of 
age. I used to be a medical lab technician before I quit my job and went 
back to school to study graphic design. I chose graphic design because I 
wanted to be able to communicate with people visually. I suppose I chose 
to study cohousing because I chose to communicate with people on a deeper 
level.
My husband is an archivist--he works for the city of Boston. This is not 
a rewarding job for him, and if anyone on cohousing-L knows of a company 
or organization that needs an archivist, please let me know.
We have no children...we became involved in cohousing through our work in 
the neighborhood crimewatch group. The crimewatch group became a 
neighborhood-building group, one thing led to another, and before long we 
were involved in cohousing.
We are heavily involved in recycling (Dave is the neighborhood block 
captain) and I at least am very interested in developing a community 
whose vision statement reflects a belief in a sustainable lifestyle 
(including use of non-toxic materials). I read this list every night to 
get ideas for my potential community and also to learn about the pitfalls 
that other groups have faced so that I can (hopefully) avert them with my 
own.
That's enough about me for now...let's hear from some other people.

                                                           ~~~~~~Diane:.)