I live in Palm Springs, California with my husband, Stephen Boyd.
We have been together for over thirty years (Since October 13, 1982), and have been married (legally) since October 13, 2008 (during the first brief period when gay marriage was legal in California).
Stephen and I met in Atlanta, Georgia, where I spent all of my adult life before moving to California. We were working on a catalog project together. Stephen grew up just North of Detroit, in the small suburb of Clawson, Michigan. His family all lived around there (near or in Royal Oak), or out West in Southern Oregon (Rogue River). I grew up in Western North Carolina, but you already know that.…
Stephen and I both “ended up” in the marketing business — advertising and public relations. I say “ended up” because neither of us really planned it. It just sort of happened for both of us. The industry fit(s) both of us like a glove so I prefer to think it was meant to be. His focus tends to be graphic design and photography, but he’s actually quite good at all of it. Conversely, I’ve always come from the writing side, but I can be a pretty good art director when pressed upon, and I love Planning and Strategy.
We moved to California in January of 2000 (right in the middle of Y2K — and wasn’t that such a BIG deal — NOT!) to buy the Triangle Inn Palm Springs — a gay men’s resort in Palm Springs, California. That was a decision we made very much on purpose, and we’ve never regretted it. We do miss family and friends on the East Coast, but this was our path.
We’d originally intended to only run the Inn and enjoy time for our artistic pursuits, but world events (9/11, George W. Bush, the economy, and our own type “A” personalities) changed all that. Today, Stephen has a busy graphic design business of his own, I have a marketing and PR consulting business, he volunteers on the board of the local animal shelter, I manage a local nonprofit, and we do lots of local volunteer work.
We’re also involved in local trade organizations — a must if you own a local business in the community.
We still make time for our art. Not as much as we might like, but we do OK. 
We also spend a lot of time tracking our family histories — something very important to both of us — and not enough time traveling (Also something very dear to us but not as much possible at this point in our lives).
What else? Well, plenty. I love to cook and garden a little. Stephen loves to paint a little. And neither of us takes enough time to ourselves. I guess I’ve come to accept the fact that that’s just not who we are. We like to stay busy, and seem to fill our time if we aren’t.