Slightly DIFFERENT.

OK. Pretty different. Let’s start at the beginning.

What follows is a list of things, by the year when they became especially relevant to me. As time goes by I intend to add more pieces and narrative to explain further.

 

1961

Arrival In Phoenix, AZ

Early Glimmers

 

1966

Starting School

My Parent’s Divorce

Life With A Single Mom

MkUltra

 

1971

Mom’s Big Breakdown

Life With Dad & Linda

Mitch White

Bullying At School

 

1973

Discovering Asian Things

Back To Live With Mom

Discovering My Gayness

My Savior: David Bowie

 

1974

Alternate Realities

The United Federation of Phoenix

SCIFI

Home Altar Construction

Magick

 

1975

My Moms Store: The Attic

High School Daze

Earley’s Flowers

 

1979

My First Love: Michael Wiles

Graduating High School

 

1980

Working For Ginzey’s Oasis

 

1981

My California Adventure

Brigadoon Bookstore

 

1982

EST (Erhard Seminar Training’s)

Mental Realness Strikes

Esoteric Speakers Platform

Marjorie Beale

Jonathan Hesser

Corby Benson

 

1983

Escaping A Cult

John Cowdrey

Al Collins Graphic Design Institute

 

1984

Living With Sister

Hawaiian Summer Work

Willing Myself To Boulder

 

1988

Colorado (After John)

Mark Nomadiou

Sue Larson

The Web (before the internet)

The New Mexico and Colorado LGBT Spirituality Conference(s)

 

1990

The Edgewood House

Jim Davis-Rosenthal, Karl Kruszynski

 

1992

Fighting Amendment 2

 

1993

Politics (As Usual)

More Mental Realness

 

1994

Fleeing To San Francisco

Fremont Fund$

Rediscovering Yoga

 

1995

Burt Tanoue

 

1996

More Mental Realness+

Maggi Rubenstein

 

2000

ELXR Design

Sally Kaufmann

 

2001

The Office Of Cheryl Barton

Teaching Yoga

 

2005

Gump’s San Francisco (Initially My Dream Job)

 

2007

Buying A House

 

2012

Goodbye Gump’s (Goodbye Corporate Amerika!)

 

2013

Finally Getting Married

Z Gallerie Catalog

A Glimpse Of Freedom

 

2015

Deciding To Write “Lily”

Getting Sober

Harm Reduction Therapy

 

2016

Publishing Fiction: “Lily – The Father’s Daughter & Son”

Connecting With My HGA

Found My Number: 9

Losing My Teacher: David Bowie

 

2017

Published Poetry: “My Imaginary Father”

Back To Food Service – The JCCSF Cafe

Luminous Darlings

 

2018

Borderlands Books Cafe