received a call from her friend, Tiffany, asking if she would
be interested in living in “the little red house” — knowing
that Teri expressed how much she loved the home and the
country setting. Teri responded that she had not thought
about moving any time soon but that she would consider
it. Tiffany replied that she had ten minutes to decide.
Teri’s immediate answer: “Why not!”
“I had always loved this house. I couldn’t believe I was
going to live in these beautiful redwood s.” Teri noted that
her good friends, Linda Pond and Kevin Groden, live just
across the road. Linda Pond is the great granddaughter
of Charles Sanders. Linda’s son, Matt, and wife, Tiffany
Oetinger, own and operate Fernwood Cellars, which is also
on the property homesteaded by Charles Sanders.
At Home
In the house for a while now, Teri loves the peacefulness,
the flowing creek that runs behind the house and the
rustling of the trees. “It felt like home from day one.”
The house has a large remodeled kitchen with concrete
countertops, hardwood floors, a formal dining room, one
bedroom upstairs, one downstairs and a comforting living
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