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I rode my bike as far as I wanted. Once, I rode across the city past the racial divide.  It was my younger brother’s idea. Why not? I was never told about limits. On one hand with Vietnam, I was learning that the world was unsafe while also being able to roam free and unencumbered. 

 I’d go on to have an intimate relationship with not only Billy Joel’s music, but with meeting him on several occasions. The first was when I was fifteen, in 1975. I was determined to meet him at the Academy of Music 

..this new child received only a reluctant welcome. Is that a mean thing to say? I wish that I had a dream to be a mother because these were two beautiful and healthy babies. 

These babies are totally dependent on me for their every need; society has no built-in support apparatus for vulnerable women like me. It’s daunting, really. I read about the kibbitzes in Israel and fantasize about such communal living arrangement options where the burdens of child-rearing are shared among a group.  

I learned to be a survivor.  It came in handy dealing with the Principal at the school I was teaching. 

I was in fifth grade when I began getting anonymous phone calls from a man. The year would have been 1970. It was impossible to have a private conversation. That didn’t matter in our household. No one cared who you spoke to or what you said.

 Making A Living In The Conventional Arena  A creative person can have enormous difficulty finding a suitable employment environment. We see things from a different perspective. But our ideas often are ignored. Perhaps our advanced observation skills threaten our superiors.  

 “That can’t be him, I thought as I watched said ‘match’ get out of the white Toyota in the parking lot of the restaurant. He is about one hundred pounds more that in the picture. How could someone do this? Just flat out lie as if I wouldn’t notice? I’m not wasting another minute on him.” I drove home.  

I was becoming only slightly aware of possible legal ramifications but pushed them aside because the tantra teachers never addressed the law.  Some of my clients said they were worried for me about the legal risks I was taking.  I couldn’t fathom the police paying any attention to me...