Mike grew up in West Seattle, camping and exploring across Washington with his family. He trained as an RN in Seattle, spent 20+ years as an ER nurse in Anacortes, followed by a stint in Oncology/Cancer Care in Mt. Vernon where he still works a couple of days a week.

Linda Ann, raised in suburbs of Chicago and Detroit, gratefully now considers Western Washington her ‘real’ home. Now retired, she first taught children with complex special needs, and then, at WWU in Bellingham, educated teachers-in-training about ‘assistive technologies’ to support their future students.

Mike is an avid outdoorsman and is looking for others to join him as he kayaks local waterways and mountain bikes nearby trails. Sunnyside’s community will benefit from his constructive ‘puttering’ and creative ‘build-it / fix-it’ skills.

Linda Ann, a ‘home-body’, enjoys casual arts (watercolor, ZenTangle) and ‘detail-oriented’, computer-based projects (digital photo albums, etc.). She brings to the community a penchant for collaboration and experience with assistive technologies, which may benefit those of us who are approaching ‘middle-age’ and beyond.

Mike and Linda explore the NW in their small RV (love Vancouver Island!), with jaunts to California and the Southwest. While traveling, they enjoy kayaking, hiking/walking, e-biking, together. They are grateful to have found Sunnyside Village at such an opportune time in their lives and are looking forward to the camaraderie of community life.