RICHARD CRAMER |
Richard—known to his friends as Dick—first visited Santa Fe at the turn of the millennium. The resulting weekend romance proved very durable, as he has lived in New Mexico’s capitol ever since. Ten years later and not long after first typing "Santa Fe cohousing" into Google, he applied for a mortgage on a unit at Sand River, which now seems to him to be the perfect home in the perfect city.
Dick had initial misgivings about how compatible his isolating, workaholic priorities might be with life in a cohousing community. His eccentricities extend even to the shared weekly meal, as he is also a committed calorie restrictor. Happily, it turned out that adaptability is not an uncommon phenomenon among the residents of Sand River. Dick considers himself to be fortunate in having been a pioneer in two computer-centric careers—baseball geekdom and methods of drug discovery. His passion for these two disciplines resulted in the completion of his memoir, When Big Data was Small: A Life in Baseball Analytics and Drug Design, to be published in 2019 by University of Nebraska Press. Dick has experienced satisfaction in uncovering various ways for his personal pursuits to contribute to Sand River. The cohousing spirit resembles tribal and village societies, which have prevailed through most human existence. Perhaps that is why cohousing seems so optimal and natural a haven within today’s world. |