I was born on the Yakima Indian Reservation in Washington State and my early childhood was spent treading water in a cesspool of racism and

I know very little about my father’s side of the family. I had been to his parents house in Arkansas when I was a small

I inherited most of my Mother’s writing. She had done much of her writing on PC’s and DOS on the old five inch floppies. In

Ole was another surragate mother figure at times in my childhood. She was also magical. Even though my mom would exhibit her own creativity in

Billie was one of the first people I remember in my life having house plants. I remember spending a day helping clean the house on

When I was in first grade, we lived on Marietta street in Spokane and I attended Cooper Elementary. I remember loving my teacher at Cooper

Somehow, by third grade, I was attending Grant Elementary in Spokane. Darlene remembers a street named “Milton” but I don’t remember it at all. If

Mom and George had moved to Georgia because George had gotten a better job there and again, our needs, as children, were most likely never

1967- Sweet Sixteen, The Summer of Love and Psychedelics I love the San Francisco Bay Area. I came here for the first time when I

I was about 17 and I think that 1968 might have been the year that Marnie drove me and four other people from San Diego,

When I was about eighteen, I moved up to San Francisco to live with Leslie in the downstairs flat at 3043 Market in San Francisco.

San Diego’s downtown was pretty seedy in 1967-1968. There was a little plaza on Broadway, the main thoroughfare of downtown San Diego, Behind this plaza

It was about 1969 when Ramona and I attended a “Love-in” in San Diego’s Balboa Park. “Love-ins” was just another name for “Be-ins” and were

I found this black and white picture that shows a trailer set up which I think must have been the trailer that Mom and George

I don’t think we were really in the Castro Street flat for very long. At some point, Leslie moved back to the Market Street building

Jim Archiquette and I lived on 14th Street in San Francisco twice. After leaving the flat on 24th street which was more like a commune

While living with Jim Archiquette on 14th Street in San Francisco, we were still hippies and like a lot of former male hippies, had now

While I was in Washington, mom and George had moved to Upland California and my mom had remembered the program for Psychiatric Technicians and apparently

My first psychiatric aid job was at Pacific State Hospital on a developmentally disabled childrens ward. Pacific State Hospital was a pretty big place with

I lived in a ten dollar a week room in what was essentially a hotel above the gay Rainbow Cattle Company at the corner of

When I got out of the hospital, after having been admitted for hepatitis, I think I went home to Larkin Street. I don’t think there

All these years later, as I am writing these “stories” of my life, it is hard to remember exact dates and sequences. I came across

One of my most favorite gifts of all time was when my mom gave me a Royal typewriter for my birthday when I was about

While I was having my affair with Albert Trevino, he told me about a trip he had taken to Europe. He had a lot of

When I was growing up, there were no cell phones or texting. Some people actually stayed in touch by writing letters. One aspect of letter

I got back to San Francisco from Europe with just a dollar in my pocket which was not even enough to take the Airporter bus

In 1976, Paul McCartney and Wings performed at the Cow Palace in San Francisco. I brought my super-8 film camera to the concert. Security guards

By this time, I had a little money coming in as I was back at Saint Francis, working as a Licensed Psychiatric Technician.and I had

After I had a fairly amicable break up with Stanley, I moved to 1667 Haight Street in what is called the “upper Haight.” I bought

After I broke up with Stanley and moved to 1667 Haight Street, I bought my first brand new car. Mom and George had helped me

John was from South Carolina. He called me about a week after I gave him my card and invited me over. We hit it off

My place in the upper Haight had become too cramped and I wanted a little more space. I started looking around at apartments and found

I was working the evening shift on “4-East,” which was the locked adult inpatient psychiatric unit at Saint Francis Hospital back then. I was a

I had been involved with John Perry for a year or two when he told me that he was going to take a trip to

In 1980 I was still working at Saint Francis Hospital 4-East, a locked adult psychiatric unit in San Francisco. One of the nurses I worked

I think that many of us that lived in San Francisco during the eighties will remember that decade as the decade of AIDS and seeing

Two of my best friends around this time was a couple, both named Michael, with whom I had worked. I had known them both before

Milton and I lived together breifly at 525 Haight but wanted a bigger place now that there were two of us and we started looking

Milton and I had been together for a couple of years by this time, living on Waller Street. He is cooking something at the beginning

Milton always seemed to have a bit of a conflicted relationship with his mother. She had abandoned him and his brothers when Milton was 8

I know it was in 1985 that I went to Hawaii for the first, and so far, my only trip to Hawaii. Milton was supposed

Midnight Caller was a t.v. drama that aired from 1988-1991, starring Gay Cole as Jack Killian, that took place in San Francisco. Gary Cole’s character

Milton and I were still living on Waller Street in The City when my mom called and told me that she had been diagnosed with

My mom enjoyed painting canvases from time to time when I was growing up. Once in a while I would try to paint a picture. Sometime

By 1993, Milton and I had lived together on Waller Street for 12 years. We loved it there but had talked about buying a home

I don’t remember much about the circumstances, but in the Spring of 1995, Milton and I drove up to Washington State. Over the years we

I think Milton was turning 40 in 1995 or maybe I just wanted to do something different, but for his birthday that year, I planned

My father’s mother was in her nineties at the time she came to Washington State from Arkansas with two of my father’s sisters. I flew

Milton and I had talked about getting a dog at various times in our relationship. Milton was not particularly enthusiastic when I told him in

Milton and I went on our first little camping trip in 1998.  I had built a bed in the back of our Ranger and bought

This is just the text of a letter I wrote to George: “I saw Darlene, Roger, Nola, Donna Jean and nieces/nephews in Seattle back a

I do not consider myself a “religious” person but I am interested in religion and it’s impact on people and societies. Like many people reading

After working at Saint Francis Hospital as a Licensed Psychiatric Technician from 1974 to 1985, and then a Registered Nurse from 1985 until 1994, I

In September of 2001, Milton and had decided to take a quick road trip over to Yosemite. The Bay Area is in such close proximity

I was always a little apprehensive about visiting Mexico. Cancun was good for a first time visit though. It is very American in many ways

I had always been somewhat politically active. By the time I was in third grade, I knew that I was not like other boys that

Some of you may be trying to decide between the two cities of Puerto Vallarta and Cancun. Now that I have been to both, I

My Mother had met George when I was in the fourth grade, when we were living in Spokane. My aunt, Billie, introduced her to George

In April, 2003, we planned a trip to Washington D.C. and New York City. We stayed in a suburb of Washington, in Baltimore, and rode

We live in the San Francisco Bay Area and although the winters here are relatively mild, Milton and I try to go south for a

Gail, Nola and i had been emailing each other for a while and had thought about having a “Walling” family reunion of descendants of the

I always encourage family and friends to visit the Bay Area at the end of June for Gay Pride. In 2005, Darlene came with several

When I was younger, I would sometimes have bouts of depression. As I got older, I realized that there was a pattern to my depression.

9/5/05- Well we made it to the airport. We had set out that morning for the San Francisco airport and had got all the way

9-8-05 – Day 3  We asked for a 9am wake-up call at the Montana hotel in London, but we were up before that. We finished

Venice 9-11-05 Day 6 The next morning we were still traveling along on the train to Venice. The old Arab man was getting off at

  9-13-05- Day 7 (continued) There are frequent trains that go between Venice and Florence and I assumed it would be no problem getting a

9-19-05 Day 14 Milton got up first and showered and finsihed packing while Sylvan took a shower. We had a wake up call but we

In 2005, as almost always in my life, I was going out dancing. At this time, I was going to The White Horse in Berkeley

“White” pertains to what people wear… like a black tie party would be black… Milton and I had not been to a “circuit party” before

My cousins, Gail, Nola, and Don in the Spokane area, are all in the same age group as Darlene, Roger and I. We spend much

Solano Peace and Justice Coalition had come into existence after the Bush Administration started warmongering after the horrific events of September 11th, 2001. Initially, for

I think that RSVP Vacations and Atlantis had been around for a while but we had never looked into their cruises but for some reason,

I am going to fly out of Sacramento. Although it is a little further to drive, they have a nonstop to Spokane. All I could

After Milton and I returned from our first cruise on the Carnival Destiny, we were excited to tell others about our experiences. One of the

A few years back we were at something called the “Unity Fair” in Vallejo and were asked to pose for some pictures. We didn’t really

It is not often that Milton and I “entertain” but in the summer of 2010, we decided to invite my brother, David, and his wife,

June is “Pride” month in the San Francisco Bay Area or “Gay Pride” to be more exact. This was probably the weekend before the parade

Intermittently, I have flown up to the Seattle area for the weekend, where my sister, Donna, and my brother, Roger, live. Darlene will come over

We arrived in Amsterdam. This sign is close to the Van Gough museum which we enjoyed. Museums can be exhausting though! We made it to

  Video of our visit to Paris in 2010. After a few days in Amsterdam, we took the high speed train to Paris. They had

  In Barcelona, we bought a Barcelona Card for unlimited rides on the metro system which we only used once to ride from the airport

After arriving in Madrid by high speed train, we took the subway to where our hotel was located. We were pretty tired from traveling from

Milton took me to The City for my 60th birthday. We stayed at the Hotel Intercontinental. On Saturday night we went to the Chinese New

We had been to The White Party in 2005 and decided it was time to check it out again. Northern California had been having a

Dancing has always been important to me. I know that is a pretty broad word, though. There are so many different types of dancing. One

I had bought a new Prius in 2010. I had my old Nissan for over ten years. It had a lot of miles on it

My sister, Darlene, and her grandson, Sean, visited the San Francisco Bay Area. They arrived from Yakima, WA on 8/9/11 and stayed a week with

In 1974, when I had just started working at Saint Francis Hospital in San Francisco, my younger brother, David, came to live with me. He

After our cruise with Donna and her family and David and his family on The Valor, we all wanted to do it again. We looked

In 2012, Donna, Teddy, Courtney and Christina came down from Washington State and stayed with my brother David, over in Rodeo. It was a great

This was our first time on Royal Caribbean’s “Allure of the Seas.” It was an impressive ship but during the entire week, we did not

Milton and I met around 1982-1983. We had been together for 32 years when we got married. When we were still attending First Christian Church

When we had gone on our first cruise on the Carnival Destiny in 2007, it was only because we didn’t think we could afford a

I was planning to retire in a few months and had been interested in getting a 5th Wheel and truck at some point to travel

This was the second Lazy Bear we attended in Guerneville, CA in 2015. It is a beautiful setting in the redwoods, along the Russian River.

A stranger came knocking…

This is about part 2 of our 2015 vacation. Milton was turning 60 in 2015 and wanted to visit Disney World in Orlando again. We

    This is still my favorite dance bar in San Francisco. The music IS  reliable with vocals rather than that techno crap that drones

Lynn, the girlfriend of my grand-nephew, Alex, was taking a political science class and asked to interview me about my politics and what led to

My mere existence is political. I just can’t “go along to get along.” My sibling witnessed my Mother being raped by a distant relative of

The Dream I have been dreaming of owning a trailer, 5th Wheel or RV for at least 25 years. Milton and I had looked at

Link to Pride article to which I am responding: http://www.pride.com/lgbt/2016/4/22/5-reasons-lgbt-people-should-stop-saying-we-were-born-way I recently came across this article from “Pride” on line recently. The female author, Cassie Sheets, speaking

This is the original edit of our visit to Lazy Bear Weekend in 2015. This year we went to the Johnson’s Beach party. This was

For the life of me, it is incomprehensible to me why anyone would gamble with third party votes? I do think it is one of

In 1960, I was nine years old and not paying much attention to politics. I knew my Mother was a Republican and didn’t like John

Welcome to 2026. The ninth year of the Donald Trump “presidency.” What happened to Ted Cruz? He is now in Donald’s cabinet as the head

This was the third “Lazy Bear” weekend that we have attended in Guerveville, California, a small resort town on the Russian River. In the 1970’s,

Milton and I flew to Albuquerque, where we visited with old friends. I had known Cynthia since the late 70’s. When I meant her, she

This was about our 10th cruise, our fourth gay cruise and our second gay cruise with Atlantis Events. We had been on the the Allure

Hardly a day goes by that there isn’t an article in the Chronicle about the homeless “mentally ill.” As one that worked in adult, inpatient

This is a FB album of our road trip in the summer of 2018. <!–FBGallery2 10216990435297515 –><!–/FBGallery2–> “We flew into Dallas and were hit with

New Orleans had been on my “bucket list” for years. Flights from the San Francisco Bay Area had always seemed high when I had checked

This was our fourth “Lazy Bear” weekend in Guerneville. We have first visited in 2007 for a “drag bingo” night but then did not return