27. CHANGES (my time in La Jolla comes to an end)

I MOVE TO THE HIGHLANDS My position at the Clinic had given me minimal free time and minimum income; my apartment rent was eating up what spare change I had. I thought about looking elsewhere for another position and in the meanwhile, I looked for less expensive lodgings. From a notice I saw posted on the Clinic bulletin board, I rented a room in a pleasant and spacious home located above the La Jolla flatlands in the Highlands. It was a beautiful location with considerably less rent to pay...the home of a Clinic doctor's widow. She was intelligent and cultured; we listened to music together on her excellent hi-fi stereo player. She had a television and we regularly watched Kenneth Clark's epic 'Civilization' series which was just being broadcast for the first time. We wouldn't miss an episode. We got along very well; she treated me as a family member. ACQUAINTANCES BECOME MY FRIENDS: Alain and Jon Before moving to La ...