Rachel just said we in CA might decide the

[MaryMagdaline]

13. I lived in Santa Maria as a child

Went to May Gresham Elementary for K and one month of first grade. My friend from pre-k is a Republican. Very nice person but she’s a diehard righty. Parents were Okies (their words, not mine); she grew up poor; family never went to church; she works in property management and is very compassionate when she talks about housing crunch. She has had to live with relatives because of housing crisis and she has worked her entire life. She is a puzzle to me. Intelligent and highly conservative. 1/8 Native American. Her parents were Goldwater Republicans. I see in her page she has many Hispanic friends and fellow church-goers. Other than being evangelical Christian, one would not guess conservative

Santa Maria is so beautiful, as is SLO and all of Steinbeck Country.