Special interests
Grandpa Ray was the nickname given to this man, a beloved summer pool host who played somewhat of a father figure role in Carrielynn's life.
Who is Ray Heimsoth?
Santa Clara High School, where Carrielynn taught for much of her career, shares this mascot with the UCLA.
What are the Bruins?
During a business trip to Japan with David in the 1990s and again this past summer on a cruise with the De La Os, Carrielynn has gotten to spend time with this longtime friend of hers, a college roommate.
Who is Toshiko?
Though it is supposed to take place in Maine, most of the external shots from the iconic television drama Murder, She Wrote were actually filmed in this coastal California town where David and Carrielynn got married
Where is Mendocino?
The town of Sisters, Oregon hosts one of the world's largest annual displays of this passionate hobby of Carrielynn's.
What is quilting?
Just like at other high schools where she taught, Carrielynn taught English during her year as a teacher at Mountain View High School. During that year, she was also forced to teach this course, where students were notoriously ill-behaved.
What is Yearbook?
Carrielynn has visited this white marble tomb considered one of the New Wonders of the World twice: the second time with David in the 2010s, and the first time while spending the summer in India in 1974.
Where is the Taj Mahal?
Babysitting arrangements and a substitute for weekly duties as cub scout master were among the many parenting logistics David figured out when he gave Carrielynn the gift of a surprise vacation to this destination.
Where is Hawaii?
Different theories exist, but no one is really sure why this tea flavored with bergamot-- a favorite of Carrielynn's-- came to be named after a British prime minister from the 1830s.
What is Earl Grey?
This small liberal arts school in south central Michigan was where Carrielynn first attended college before transferring to U.C. Berkeley.
What is Albion College?
Carrielynn and David have enjoyed snorkeling in many tropical destinations, but they once had a scary experience when David lost a fin in this snorkeling destination off the coast of Queensland, Australia.
What is the Great Barrier Reef?
During their wedding ceremony, Carrielynn and David performed One Hand, One Heart, a duet that was originally sung by Tony and Maria in this Tony and Oscar-winning musical.
What is West Side Story?
After a visit to Wayne and Sue Heimsoths' farm near Santa Cruz, Carrielynn should have plenty of materials to can and prepare this sweet spread, which often replaced jelly in PB+J sandwiches in the Haedtler household.
What is apple butter?
A determination that Silicon Valley classrooms were underprepared for technological changes drove Carrielynn to convince Landels Elementary School to incorporate a typing instructional course by this name into classrooms.
What is "Talking Fingers"?
On their cruise in August, David and Carrielynn revisited this town in France and sought to re-create their photo dancing on the bridge in an homage to the famous nursery rhyme and song, covered by Raffi.
Where is Avignon?
Each August in the 1990s, Carrielynn would return to Lansing, MI, where her Christian Science Organization received instruction from this teacher and mentor.
Who is Marge Matchett?
Carrielynn's first teaching job was at a school in this small, northern California municipality.
Where is Clearlake?
When she visited this country, Carrielynn got to rediscover her passion for the javanese gamelan, an instrument she had first encountered while studying at U.C. Berkeley.
Where is Indonesia?
On their 25th wedding anniversary, David and Carrielynn returned with their children to this site of their 1985 wedding: a bed & breakfast on the northern California coast
Where is the Albion River Inn?