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Category Archives: My Life
Peyote and Me
Me and Victor would order the green peyote buttons, several dozen at a time, from Lawson’s Texas Cactus Gardens. They came with planting instructions, but we never planted any of them. This was 1965 in Iowa City, Iowa. The buttons … Continue reading
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Workin’ at the Heinz Plant
It was 1966 in Iowa City. Susan and I had just gotten married and our first child was on the way. We were flat broke. Victor said he knew where I could get a job. He had worked there before, … Continue reading
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Crazy is as Crazy Does
For awhile I worked as an attendant on the day shift at Psych Hospital in Iowa City. It was 1965. I was 21. Psych Hospital was part of the University of Iowa. They only accepted patients who had some reasonable … Continue reading
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Building Catfish Pond
“In a home, it’s the site that matters.” -Lao Tzu How we built a ten bedroom, two story house on Saturdays, with a little help from our friends. It was getting on late summer of 1977 when it began to … Continue reading
The New Kitchen
The dishwasher quit working. It would just make this horrible noise and not do anything. So we figured we’d get a new one at Home Depot and have them come and install it and take the old one away. But … Continue reading
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Let’s Hear It for the Jews!
My former wife Susan, the mother of all four of our children, has a framed photograph on her wall, of her grandmother’s or great-grandmother’s wedding, I’m not sure which. There is Hebrew writing all around the outside of the picture. … Continue reading
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Easy Rider
I am not a big fan of the movie “Easy Rider”. I don’t like the portrayal of the South as a bunch of ignorant rednecks who shoot people they don’t understand. It may have had more verisimilitude at the time, … Continue reading