Raised in the 50's San Joaquin Valley,as a college art major in the Bay Area, writing became important under the instruction of writer and English instructor Malcolm Wood. During the war years, I had my own domestic war years going on, back in the valley, back into the conservative roots, raising a family too young and five different jobs. After that, back to university for Bachelor's degree, worked in hospitals, studied Lutheranism, started a screenprinting business, and went into the classroom for ca more...