Chapters

CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Sadly, though some things had gone well since my move to Sonora, other things were not going too well. Barbara and I...

CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO In November 1993, my mother decided to come to California to visit me. She was no longer able to endure the pain of...

CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE   Not everything in my life was filled with sadness, though. I had recently met a beautiful girl named Sammy, and we...

CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR Sometime in 1993, after working at Coyote Creek for a few months, I bought my first car for $500 and had to split it...

CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE I had become friends with another dishwasher at Coyote Creek named Carl. He came to my rescue, taking me back to Los...

CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX Once I had been promoted out of the kitchen, from washing dishes to busing tables, more opportunities came my way. I...

CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Things were starting to look up. Having a steady job at Coyote Creek enabled me to escape the tiny, depressing...

CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT One of the things I enjoyed doing most while living in Sonora was shooting pool. If you have an interest in learning...

CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE I truly enjoy a very wide range of music, but Supertramp will always be a very special band to me because of the way...

CHAPTER THIRTY I had wanted a motorcycle since childhood. I had never ridden one, though I had ridden a moped in Turkey and Monterey....