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My First Life

Dancing with Those Who Care on the tip of a Wedge Blade: 1964-1986

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Letter addressed to my dad the year I was conceived.

My brothers waiting to greet me.

two months old.

The rocket ship in the playground at the Order Campus in 5th City Chicago.

Order pre school kids - early 70s.

The Kuala Lumpur Religious House staff - 1968. I am in the blue shirt with a sling.

The Order youth of The Kuala Lumpur Religious House - 1969. I am in the red on the right.

First grade 1969 - Malaysia

First Grade 1970 - Chicago. I am in the back row. All of the white kids are Order Kids.

Second grade 1971 - Singapore. I am 3rd from left in back row.

This was a Student House girls dorm in 1974. It was basically the same kind of dorm that I moved into and lived in for two years.

While I was in Student House, we began to build wooden bunkbeds like these in each dorm starting on the girls side.

Mom and I with the Diricksons 1977

Bernhard & I 1976

1978 Student House work crew that was sent to help with an ICA Human Development Project in Canada for 2 weeks. A lot of firsts for me during this trip. I am 2nd from right. The two in the front are local teenagers.

First day in Canyo Negro Venezuela, surveying the field and jungle we will need to clear to build dormitories.

Guardianship papers 1978

Letters from the Order: 1974 - 1978

From mom in Malaysia to my brothers in the U.S., reporting on me.
To from the Student House, Chicago IL 1977
To mom from Brazil - September, 1978
To mom from Brazil - December, 1978
To mom from Brazil - Spring, 1979

I could have been sent to any of these villages. I was assigned to Bannanerias with two other Student House graduates.

The Houston Religious House Youth Cluster - 1980. We were all very close and had many defining teenage experiences together. I am in the back on the left. Jay is in front of me - he is one of my best friends and passed away in 2004.

Visiting Lester and family in Manila Philippines 1983. On this trip I smuggled 1/4 ounce of marijuana from U.S. to Singapore to Malaysia to Japan to the Philippines and came back to the U.S. with 2 joints left. I was a stupid fuck.

I did love my pillows - 1983

Fred and Russell, my last two sets of guardians in the Order.

My first interesting photograph. Bruce on the stairs to the basement with a glass of whisky - 1981. Bruce continues to be one of my best friends and life mentor.