“I designed furniture that pulled apart, folded, and broke down into neat stacks. Since arriving in California, I had moved four times and it looked as if I would move again. Was it the land running under my feet or my feet running over the land?” IfsRunningMovingFourFeetLandMovedBrokeCaliforniaFurnitureNeatArriving Book:A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning Source: A Match to the Heart: One Woman's Story of Being Struck By Lightning
“The thought was, 'We're going to go to California, where the soil is black and ten feet deep, and there are no rocks, and there's gold in the hills.' The West becomes the surface onto which people project their fantasies, where once the future had been the place they projected their fantasies. So it's not just the war that ends the utopian communities, but what follows.” PeopleWarEndsBlackCommunityFantasyFeetRocksTenProjectsGoldWestSurfaceHillsCaliforniaSoilUtopian Author:Christine Jennings
“We have enough to worry about with what's happening in our nation to worry about what's happening in California. Keep your feet grounded in your own backyard and together we're going to build communities that work.” EnoughTogetherNationsCommunityWorryFeetHappeningsCaliforniaGroundedBackyards Author:Sher Valenzuela
“Some 30 years later I found myself back here again [in Vietnam] on what was to be a short visit that lasted months, and since then I've been living my life with one foot in Ho Chi Minh City and the other in Fair Oaks, California.” YearsFoundCitiesFeetMonthsFairsCaliforniaVietnamLiving My LifeOaks Author:Doug Rice
“Crucial to understanding federalism in modern day America is the concept of mobility, or 'the ability to vote with your feet.' If you don't support the death penalty and citizens packing a pistol - don't come to Texas. If you don't like medicinal marijuana and gay marriage, don't move to California.” IfsAmericaMovingUnderstandingAbilitySupportFeetModernCitizensGayConceptsVoteCaliforniaTexasCrucialMarijuanaPenaltiesDeath PenaltyGay MarriagePistolsMobilityPackingModern DayFederalism Author:Rick Perry