MY LIFE IN PHOTOS - PLACES, NORTHRIDGE
Our house in Northridge, CA was heaven for us. It had been a one-story ranch house that we lived in for six years but after the success of GHOST we tore it down and rebuilt it. Blanche designed the house and it had more flow and offered more embrace than any home I had ever lived in. We were there for 35 years. Many Michigan relatives joined us in California. It became a second Detroit. It was a space for family gatherings and I taught meditation class the entire time we were there. I share these images not to boast about my homes but as a reminder for our friends of the wonderful times spent together inside them. This is the front gate.
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Our house was situated on an acre of land and was enclosed by a comforting wall that created great privacy. This is the front yard.
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The front of our home at twilight.
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The entryway.
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The backyard patio.
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This was our living room. The entry door centers the wall of windows to the right.
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Our bedroom was just off the living room to the left. Other bedrooms and the meditation classroom were up the stairs.
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The patio is out the doors to the left. The family room is to the left past the paintings.
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The living room as seen from the passage to the family room. Blanche’s painting centers the space.
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Me and Blanche next to her painting, the painting from her studio in the East Village in NY. It was the painting that introduced me to the heart and soul of the woman who would become my wife.
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Our family room, where we lived most of our time.
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Bookcases and TV, the core of our daily lives.
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Our kitchen flowing into the family room. One big space.
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More kitchen.
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Our library.
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The meditation classroom.
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My office just off the patio.
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My office at night.
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Inside my office. Most of my movies were written here.
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The backyard patio and pool. Our house is on the left, my office on the right.
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The same view at night.
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A plaque that has been in every one of my homes. It helps me to appreciate my life.
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