Hi Nephew! Love your log, the first photos from your trip and the Versailles photos! Thanks for taking us with you. Love, Mere

Stories of police atrocities spread around town. If you were on the toilet when they barged into your home, it was a misdemeanor; if you were eating dinner, it was a felony. There were reports of citizens taken out to Sands Beach where there heads were forced into the dunes. All the time we had troo...

I had a knack for sneaking around after dark; and it was common practice to duck into an apartment of people you'd never met saying, "May I hide here for a minute? The police are chasing me." We knew better than to look up at the hovering helicopters because they were taking photographs of us with i...

Dear Ryland: Thanks for the links with the factual information. I wasn't aware of a lot of the particulars because I didn't listen to radio -- I just lived through the experience. We were so upset when Kevin Moran was killed! A wake was held for him at the beach (Ramp). I remember the police saying ...

Roadblocks were set up at the entrances to IV and only residents were allowed to travel in and out. The National Guard and the LAPD arrived. A certain Sargeant Honey became infamous for wearing Medieval torture devices on his belt. A six PM curfew was enforced and we were constantly reminded of it b...

That quarter I wasn't enrolled at UCSB, but I still displayed three huge paintings in the student show and had a job painting the Arts & Lectures kiosk calendar each week. A popular Anthropology professor was denied tenure and a student group called the Radical Union staged bullhorn protests all ove...

The Universe wants to support us and give us everything we want. To open ourselves to the flow living a life steeped in gratitude and giving practices is conducive. To manifest anything you want, remember a time and place when you were filled with joy, hold that energy while you focus on what you wa...

I saw The Pianist and it stayed with me for a long time. It makes you appreciate having enough to eat and a life. After I saw it I remembered difficult times I've had on high Sierra backpacking trips, but those were by choice. Still, I learned a lot from ordeals -- they teach us what we're made of!

Hi this is Meredith and I was wondering if anybody heard from my brother after he got to Kathmandu? Usually he e-mails me but he didn't this time. Glad to join The Forum after just auditing before. My proposed topic will be Prosperity and how to attract it. Love ya!