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    Currently living between our cabin tiny home (aka RavensRidge) on Saturna Island in British Columbia and our off-grid trailer on our ten acres in Southern Nevada (aka RoadRunner Ranch) that was formerly the Monterrey gold claim.

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    Genevieve Jacobs landed in Vermont in 1987 after a lifetime under sail. She is a long time professor of psychology, a mother and grandma, a psychotherapist, writer and bricoleur. Currently, work in progress “Jenny: A Night Sea Journey”.

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