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My Substack addresses riding the crest of the '60s wave of rebellion and feminism; this Boomer grabbed life, hanging on through thick and very thin. Fasten your seatbelts. This Boomer tells the stories without sugar coating anything.
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The Glorious, Giddy, Tweens (opens the original)
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The Whacky Dekkers, Episode 1, 1958-1962I entered kindergarten in September 1956 at Public School #21—the same school my dad went to, btw—a huge, solid brick school at 322 10th Ave., Paterson, NJ, between 22nd and Madison Avenue.<img alt="" class=
STARSTRUCK, Welcome to LA Episode 4 (opens the original)
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Get A JobI’m in the belly of the beast I’d been hunting!It seemed like yesterday I was in a theater in New Jersey with a high school friend, watching the film Five Easy Pieces in awe. My buddy Carl leaned in and whispered, “Dar, you look a little like that actress,” referring to Karen Black in the role of Rayette.It's Life and Life Only ... is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a
WELCOME TO LA, episode 3 (opens the original)
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Welcome to LA, episode 3The “Early Daze”It might be difficult for other generations to envision the intensity of the shake-up and loosening of old moral standards and lifestyles we boomers were saturated in—1969 —yet this sliver in time was the soil many of us sprouted from.Anything was possible in that America. And women were finally free to speak, do, and live however they chose.At 14 years old, I sit singing along to the MONKEES TV show, belting out Beach Boys’ songs, and ironing my curly h
WELCOME TO LA, Episode 2 (opens the original)
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A NEW GIRL IN TOWNI hang a few items of clothing on wire hangers in my tiny closet, leaving empty ones dangling naked from a bare wooden pole. I’m settling into my room at Paula Rafelson’s apartment.Here I am.I made it.I’m finally living in Los Angeles!My possessions cons
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