Carl & Christine moved to Tucson from Bastrop, Texas in the summer of 2004.  Prior to the move, they owned and managed residential rental property.  Anticipating the economic changes attendant on "peak oil," they moved to Tucson in order to make a home in and participate in  final phases of the development of Stone Curves.

Carl is an artist, producing work in a variety of media most of which adorns their home and occasionally the common house.

Christine works in community association management, assisting homeowner association Boards of Director's in governance, financial and facilities management.

Carol and Sylvia moved to Stone Curves from Connecticut in January 2005. Before Connecticut, between them they had lived in 13 states and four foreign counties. But they are here to stay, now that they both teach at the University of Arizona.

Sylvia, a political scientist, teaches in the U-A Department of Latin American Studies. The current focus of her teaching and research is on Latin American social movements, particularly the environmental movement. It's an interest stemming from her political activism in the States, dating back to the 60s movements, and the ten years she spent living in Brazil and Panama.  Her passions, besides Latin America, are her two daughters, two sons-in-law and four grandchildren in Portland, Oregon.

Carol teaches and writes on subjects relating to property law, natural resources and the environment.  (Stone Curves gives her lots of examples for property classes!)  She came to the U-A Law College in part because of the tremendously interesting and important environmental issues in the desert.  On her down time she reads everything she can about the fascinating Sonoran plants, and then she goes outside to get up close and personal with them in the back yard and around the grounds.   She is something of a birder, and she has been thrilled to see the birds that have arrived in Stone Curves now that our vegetation has had time to mature.  She likes hiking and biking, and she rides a bike to the University more days than not. She and Sylvia are always up for exploring the music, theatre and art of the Tucson area.

Married since 1974, Dan and Gina have been part of the Stone Curves community since 2002, and residents in Village 4 since the spring of 2005.

Gina (62) is a retired Elementary School Counselor who loves children, cuddles newborns at Tucson Medical Center, and teaches infant massage to parents in groups or individually. She enjoys walking the Rillito River paths, practices yoga, and sings soprano in the UA University/Community Chorus.  Currently, she serves on the Green Team, participates in a SC Women?s Group she co-founded several years ago, acts as the community?s reimbursement request coordinator and guest room linens coordinator, and performs regular clean-ups of the grounds inside and outside our curving wall.  She?s also hoping a piece of marble she's been chiseling for 30 years will find completion and a home somewhere at Stone Curves!  Being in community with friendly neighbors and contributing in whatever way she can is a joy for Gina.

Dan (58) is a husband, a dad, a drummer, a grad student, and a part-time announcer for the U of A's NPR-affiliate FM station. He?s in the closing semesters of a graduate program in ethnomusicology, and making progress on a fascinating thesis project which will take the form of a documentary/historical/ethnographic film.  He also loves RV traveling, hiking, biking, poetry, cooking, film and humor. Dan finds real joy in the day-to-day interactions with his neighbors, and the opportunities for performing meaningful work that are offered by living in community at Stone Curves.  His love of community is captured in a 10-minute film, "Living This Way", which he completed in early 2010.

Dan and Gina are the proud parents of two grown daughters, Charlotte (34) a costume and jewelry designer living in L.A., and Lillie (31), a nurse in Tucson?and have a spunky little terrier mix, Biden, who has many good friends in the Stone Curves community.

We are a unique blended family of five and one dog. We are committed to sustainability and the helping professions. Kimberly is a therapist, and Chris is a currently a teacher.

We have three children. Sasha, 18, and Sequoia, 12, live here at Stone Curves. Our son Trevor lives nearby. We have a wonderful dog, Aloo. Our passions are rock-climbing and exploring mountains and canyons.

The 'new' Cronyn family, Drew and Matvey (and their loveable pooch CJ), moved here in January 2008 from St. Louis, Missouri to be closer to the 'old' Cronyn family in Village 5.  Drew originally came for a job in the pediatrics department at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, but has since moved into a primary care position at a community health center.  Matvey originally came for the better weather and proximity to cousins but has become delighted by first grade at Khalsa Montessori School, gymnastics, chess club and a host of friends.  "We rented at Stonecurves because of the proximity to our family, but I ended up buying at Stonecurves because I would never have to worry that my son would feel 'different' or 'unsafe' because his dad is openly gay.  There are enough different types of families here that no one will ever feel that unusual."  Favorite things about co-housing: common meals with neighbors... spontaneous trips to community events when you run into someone in the parking lot getting ready to go... hanging out by the pool with other parents and a Sunday afternoon cocktail...conversations on the lawn with neighbors about scary Arizona politics, goofy new movies and weekend plans...

Caroline is the mother of 11-year-old Lily, and 7 year-old Milena. She also teaches Humanities and Etymology. She had a life before this but she can?t remember it. She is Italian-Canadian and must frequently visit both Canada (to practice smiling, being friendly, and playing by the rules) and Italy (to eat, yell, and be passionate without fear of repercussion). She loves to read, walk, visit new countries, talk to friends, knit, hang with her kids and cuddle them. She remains happy at Stone Curves, where she has found that smiling, being friendly, playing by the rules, eating, yelling, and being passionate all have a place.

Eugene works in the mortgage industry and perhaps that?s enough said. It hasn't been very inspiring, lately, but he has found ways to relax here at Stone Curves. This includes, but is not limited to, organizing wine tastings with Tanya, taking 40 people bowling, deflecting death threats over the annual budget, and being ?President.? He is currently looking for even more ways to relax?

Lily is a 6th grader. She loves her family very much and prefers to hang at home and at Stone Curves than to go to school. She recently got paid $5.00 to review a book for the school library, though, so she may have found her future?

Milena is a 1st grader and loves the fact that her mum and her sister are all at the same school. She has recently been turned on to reading and it?s a very exciting time. She creates lovely stories and lately has been wondering why school makes her learn certain things when really she would like to learn other things?

With a clown and a fairy princess as parents, Harmony grew up amongst hippies, artists and craftspeople in Eugene, Oregon. When not helping U of A students gain cultural experience abroad, she spends her time reading, gardening and taking advantage of the bearable portion of the Tucson outdoor season.

Noah comes to Arizona from Michigan by way of Oregon. He has visited 48 of the 50 states, is an avid cyclist, and takes advantage of every opportunity to enjoy the outdoors. Noah spends his days pouring geologic knowledge into the minds of college students.

Harmony and Noah moved to Tucson in 2006 for the three-letter word and have found a home at Stone Curves, where they currently live with their two small lions, Oliver and Oscar.

Having lived all my previous life in the northeast, Tucson remains a constant new world for me. The Southwest has been calling me since I drove across New Mexico and Arizona with my veterinarian husband many years ago. Born in New York, I  raised my family in the Hudson valley, then lived in the Boston area for many years. My two adult children are still living in the northeast. With no grandchildren of my own, the multi-generational aspect of Stone Curves is especially appealing to me.

It?s great to be able to take advantage of Tucson?s terrific art and theater offerings. I like learning new things, reading, travelling, swimming, cooking ? and loafing. Before retiring, I made my living designing and developing online learning programs. With a background  in art education, I enjoy working with other Curvers on art projects, and volunteering some of my time teaching. I love community living and wish I had discovered it earlier in my life., and I try to be something of an extra grandmother to Stone Curves kids.

Mom Kathleen and 14-year-old son Logan have been renting in Stone Curves since the summer of 2009. Kathleen, who wears many hats, is an event photographer with a photo journalistic style, a natural custom perfumer and a social worker. Logan is a 9th grader in the Honors program at Amphi High School. He is a 4-time Arizona State Cycling Champion for a youth Tucson-based youth cycling group called El Grupo. Logan also holds a double black belt in Karate that he received from the marvelous KoSho Karate Dojo. Kathleen and Logan have an elder cat named Armando who is a contradiction of sweetness and attitude!

Kathleen and Logan enjoy living at Stone Curves very much and being part of a community of friendly, supportive and engaging people. While Kathleen can often be found working in the community garden, Logan will help neighbors out with different tasks that need to get done like painting, moving trash, and animal care.

Kathleen's web sites are: Fragrances:  http://www.esens.com Photography:  http://esensphotography.smugmug.com

It was love at first sight when I arrived in Tucson in December of 1968. Being from Buffalo, NY, I was dazzled by the warm sunny turquoise blue skies and the exquisite beauty of the desert. Tucson?s charm captured my heart and I felt that I was home.

I felt the same sense of ?coming home? when I moved into the Stone Curves Community. Living here has felt like being a member of a large family of interesting people sharing common objectives. It is definitely a wonderful opportunity for growth, as we learn to live in community.

As a brief snapshot of myself?I am semi-retired from a position of Senior Research Specialist in the Neural Systems, Memory and Aging Division of Arizona Research Laboratories at the U of A. My career has been in both the commercial art field and science over the years. A couple of high points in my career in the arts has been working as an artist for Hallmark Cards, and being the Graphic arts Director at KUAT Channel 6.

My strongest interest is in ever expanding my consciousness, and deepening my understanding by exposing myself to new ideas and experiences. I enjoy just being. I also enjoy being with people, and being in nature, and activities like reading, hiking, rockscaping, traveling, and the arts.

Lane is a 6-year veteran of Stone Curves and a 33-year citizen of Tucson.  Needless to say, she a fan of the mountains and desert here and stays in Arizona despite its red-state politics.  She has loved living among friends and neighbors in a beautiful, cooperative, and supportive (if not loving) environment.  Some advantages of community:  people really appear to want to help each other; your major social life is a given; there is normally someone who knows something about what you are asking about; and...you will never, ever be hungry again.  As a counselor helping to provide services to people who do not have the support of a community, she is very grateful to come home to her rather huge extended family!!

If one were to ask Stone Curves residents to give one word they associate with me, it would probably be one of three words:  ?chickens?, ?cats? or ?migrants.?  Although I do have other interests such as hiking, music, gardening and various other activities, these three words refer to three of my important interests.

Most of my SC community work share time has been devoted to our chickens.  As a vegetarian who doesn't much like eggs, I can only explain this work choice as based on my love of animals, virtually all animals.

I share my home with three cats, Frankie, Maggie and Squeaky; each with a very definite ideas of how I should run my life.  I try to meet their expectations, but it's not easy.

As for "migrants", when I retired from college teaching in Massachusetts, part of my decision to move to Tucson was fueled by my long-standing activism relating to solidarity with our Latin American neighbors.  Tucson, as the epicenter of the humanitarian crisis on our border, was a natural choice to continue this activism.  In the six years since I arrived I have worked with all the organizations devoted to ending the deaths of migrants struggling to cross our desert and to aiding those deported to Mexico.

I have found Stone Curves to be a caring, supportive community in which to pursue all my interests.

This dynamic duo has settled at Stone Curves with their Mom after years living in various residences including a yurt, tipi, and desert kiva. Some of their favorite things at SC include weekly meal clubs, the playground, and the grassy field. When they are not busy walking their beagle Wishbone or taking out compost they can be found practicing the violin and making comic books.

Paloma and Nolan moved from California to Arizona in 2007 where Paloma currently works in Public Health and Nolan in Education, both at the University of Arizona.  They were drawn to co-housing for the vibrant community which, in contrast to LA, they actually know their neighbors (what a novel concept).   In early 2010, they welcomed Joaquín into their family, and are very excited about him growing up in community.  Paloma, Nolan, and Joaquín enjoy cooking and hosting happy hours while spending time with the extended family that is Stone Curves.

We are Shawn (Mom) and Hannah (daughter).  In 2004, we joined the Stone Curves community before it was built and just in time to participate in some of the planning of our space.   Hannah was 8 years old and was fortunate to be surrounded by many, many kids her age!  Her first slumber party, upon moving into the community, was organized in a snap as each girl scattered to their respective homes to collect toothbrushes and jammies.  These girls later joined a knitting club organized by Shawn and learned how to make their own knitting needles while learning some basic stitches. These kids are now teens and some have gone off in different directions with their families and others are here where they have, perhaps, formed lifelong bonds.  Stone Curves is a great place for these teens to spontaneously gather with each other or with the multiple generations that surround them.  A nice balance to online social networking and texting!

Shawn re-careered into nursing a couple of years ago and now works at a local hospital in the orthopedics/neurology unit.   Previously she worked in minority student affairs/diversity sensitivity in higher education and taught in community colleges and prisons in Illinois, North Dakota, Texas, and New York.    When Hannah came along, she became a full-time Mom and experienced ?community? in a small village neighborhood in Western New York.  The 8+ families provided mutual support of every kind including taking night shifts to help a family through the stress of a colicky baby, sharing meals for all occasions, childcare, and celebrating life transitions.  Moving into Stone Curves felt completely natural as we anticipated continuing the ever-connecting circles of like-minded people who want and desire to join together for a common purpose!

Hannah is an 8th grader at Basis Upper School.  She especially enjoys literature, writing, and physics.  Her favorite thing to do is spend time with her friends.  She plays piano to relax and babysits many of the children in her community.   She loves to go on adventures and each summer makes a solo trip back to that little village in NY to see her friends and aunt and uncle.

Hiking, caring for a desert tortoise, yoga, biking, and going on adventures are some of Shawn?s favorite things.  Hannah loves hanging out with her friends and will indulge her Mom in a hike every once in a while.  We both enjoy going to DeGrazia Studios for some quiet time and to light a candle in the chapel.

Our neighborhood here at Stone Curves is interesting, inspiring, and friendly.  Our decision-making experiences are very illuminating.  The diversity of perspectives offers opportunities to stretch our individual views on life.  We share meals, movies, and birthdays.  There is an extension of love and care that ultimately transcends the difficult times.  It is a blessing to live here.

Theresa (Tres) de Vries and George Flink moved into Stone Curves in October of 2010, beginning their split life between here and Maine.

George is looking forward with both trepidation and excitement to finding out what community life at SC is all about.  He is part of the Old Time music community, plays banjo and guitar and is learning mandolin.  He and Tres travel to North Carolina each summer to learn more OT music.  George also likes to read, is interested in photography and is a good finder i.e. if it?s lost, he finds.  He, Tres and DOC the dog walk at least an hour a day.  He is not quite retired yet as a psychotherapist.

Tres's early experience living in community was after she and her parents emigrated from the Netherlands.  She grew up in a small ethnic religious community in rural Michigan.  She then spent 40+ years as a group worker and psychotherapist for adults and children, creating a variety of community experiences.  Now she is enjoying the SC community experience.

She loves walking and hiking in the desert and hopes to do more biking.  She also plays and, occasionally teaches, mountain dulcimer.  She enjoys traveling and camping.  She and George share an interest in training their dog DOC, adopted here in AZ.  They play a daily game of Scrabble while eating 1.6 ounces of dark chocolate (the recommended dosage for best health according to AARP)  They?re also excited about having set up a photovoltaic system on their roof and can now watch the dials spin as they make electricity.

I have so enjoyed watching Stone Curves grow from a vision of a few dreamers to a vibrant community. I am blessed to have an adult son and daughter who enjoy hanging out here.

I've had a long and varied career in behavioral health and corrections has led to a current involvement with Tucson?s growing refugee population.

From my "harbor" I hope for many more adventures ? always glad to come home to my friends and neighbors.

Hi there, we are Virginia and Amber and we've been living at Stonecurves since 2005. I (Virginia), love living in co-housing. It is a great place to raise children. No driving around to go to a friend's house, instead just go onto the common green and hit the tetherball or hang out on the playground. My daughter Amber is 12.

What can I say? I believe in urban infill, going against the sprawl, sharing resources, living more simply with less and enjoying spontaneous cookouts with my cool neighbors.

I am a yoga teacher, shiatsu/bodyenergywork practitioner and I offer an ongoing yoga class to the community. I also work in theatre and play with all kinds of dance. My next event will be to bring a west coast swing dance teacher here to teach a class followed by an evening of dancing.

The great thing about SC is having such a diverse group of talented people who share their interests, expertise and passions. From wine tastings to movies on the lawn or making gingerbread.