'Just' reminded that Nancy's 'parents' have whisper-dissed me for years,
"He doesn't work." + ...
(Sad: these 'workers' have mostly treated Nancy & their grandchildren like ...)
((Good: I really cant remember ever 'not-working'.))
Oh dear.
Oh dear.
My self-serving construct:
1938 +
We played our asses off constantly w/o much supervision.
Like lots of kids in the '40s - '50s.
Started working at about day-one = self-care.
Gardening + 'caring' for my frightened parent-mother.
(1 week mommy had measles - in the dark - I did meals + beck n calls.)
While the funky-father used the merchant marines.
A 'relatively-safe' WWII 3-year-escape from his family fears.
At 10 yrs yardwork for neighbors + family-connection odd-jobs.
Delivering drugs w/car at 16 and thru hi sch & PCC.
Army at 18 = 3 years of pretty-much work.
PCC w/jobs ... UCB w/jobs ... BA & Ma w/jobs ... teaching credential w/jobs ...
Berkeley Schools '66 - '98 = pretty-much work.
'63 to '70 I painted pictures constantly while pretty-much 'working' at BHS.
'69-'70 started taking pictures while teaching-'working'.
Nancy & I connected in '80 (!& I've always been 15 years older than Nancy).
Nancy works her ass off = Jobs-U.C.Doctorate-writes Book-Does Twins-me.
Berkeley Schools - taught & w/med benefits '66 til 2003 - incl twins meds.
2004 Edie died - we made her inheritance Nancy's retirement fund.
We live in the house that Edie underwrote = Nancy's & M&E's now.
Cant recall being out-of-work.
In-Love - retired - guilty - sad - elated - medicated - ejaculated - small, oh-dear
Not-working = !never.
I simply gotta comprehend that 'art-work' + life is difficult to digest/consume.
& that's only me-tiny parts of it ... so much left ... like yours ...
'Love'.
Bill.
PSsst:
!Commonist +-! Fa-Sho.
(((Hmmmnn - Edie never questioned what I be.)))
((((& she went ta Vassar n got A's.))))
!Mostly, "Bill Dane on the internet.".
