Cathy Jo Cress
Carte Blanche
I feel the need to expose myself
To an alien world
To drink of innocence in a burning landscape
And pursue the tastes of different men
So thereby make them one
The triple: The child of heaven and hell
And the middle kingdom
The heroine: The daughter of Eve.
Janet Hamill
Troublante Oliphant Press, 1975
Cathy Jo Cress was born and raised in Ventnor, New Jersey, the yellow Monopoly property down the island from Atlantic City. She majored in English at Rowan College in South Jersey and was editor of the college newspaper, The Whit. Since receiving her MSW in aging from UC Berkeley, she has taught aging at Berkeley, San Francisco State University, Cabrillo College and the University of Florida
Cress owned a geriatric care management agency, Cresscare, Case Management for Elders, for 25 years and has produced PR and marketing materials for businesses that deal with aging for two decades. She edited the Journal of Geriatric Care Management for the National Association of Geriatric Care Management from 1992 to 1997.
Cathy lives in Santa Cruz, California, with her husband, Pete Peterson. She is the mother of Kali Cress Peterson and Jill Lynne Gallo, Scott Peterson and Staci Peterson . She and Pete have eight grandchildren—
Kali Cress Peterson and Scott Peterson August 2010