
I get married in 1987. Per agreement, I then shave off my beard (see next photo...). | |

We quit our jobs in NYC and drive west to California, where our first child is born, Nov. 1987
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We rent a small bungalow in Santa Monica; I get a job with a shopping center architect and play with baby Bobby (now Rob), 1988. |

After a year in California, I apply for a teaching job at Cornell; we move to Ithaca, NY and trade the Pacific Ocean for Jennings Pond, 1989. | |

We rent a half-house on South Hill in Ithaca; here, we pose in the yard with Susan's sister and her family, 1989.
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Bobby learns how to climb at Stewart Park, Ithaca, NY, 1989. |