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