Who We Are

Hello, I’m Peggy. Roger and I would like to let you know a little bit about who we are so you might feel more comfortable getting in touch and considering a home at Trillium Creek. I grew up in Fortuna. I was saddened as I saw favorite childhood patches of redwood forest clear cut, and so I’m excited to be able to protect a loved patch of trees here at Trillium Creek. So far, my work roles have been about community and service, including helping to establish a county arts council, working with at-risk teens, being part of the leadership for the first seven years of a charter school in Shasta County, and now participating as case manager for Humboldt Mediation Services. I lived in Tokyo for a few years, and had an opportunity to begin to know another culture. Currently, I’m also working as a photographer, with the intention of honoring life with my images. Take a look at Joy in the Morning Photography! What I’d most like you to know about me is the vision I share with Roger of a diverse, sustainable community of neighbors who love nature (especially the woods and stream at Trillium Creek), act on their intentions to live well, and contribute their creativity to the world. If this sounds like a neighborhood where you would like to live, please give us a call or write us an email. (See "Contact Us" in the menu to the upper left.)

I am Roger and I especially love river rafting, inventing, dance, and being married to Peggy.

I have been designing and building passive solar custom homes in and around Arcata for the past thirty years. About ten years ago while working on another cohousing project, I realized that although my design and building experience met the architectural needs of the group, I found myself wanting better group facilitation skills to satisfy an important need within the group for effective communication and decision making. I began looking for ways to learn some of those skills and I acquired extensive training in CoActive Coaching, Nonviolent Communication, Seven Habits 4 Teens and Parenting with Positive Discipline. For the past eight years I have had a lot of fun facilitating various courses and workshops and as a part time challenge course facilitator and trainer working with groups learning to work together more effectively. See Thriving With Others.org.

As Peggy and I bring the vision of a home and community into reality I am excited to bring all of these experiences into the process.