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Elysian

I got this when I was participating in demonstrations against Nixon, the war, etc. My sister and cousin Eraca were the masterminds of a mission to feed the demonsrtators peanut butter and jelly sandwiches. I was 18 and it was the first time 18 year olds had the vote. I used to have a Zippie button also. Nixon was re-elected, the Movement had fragmented into many movements, and all I got was this button.

Yesterday James Kalm posted his video of Lori's show, with a cameo by Jerry Saltz.

I was eight years old. It was a new church and I was the first to be baptized there. We had a series of revival meetings that week with a visiting preacher who made a chalk drawing while he preached that illustrated his message somehow. At the end of his sermon there was the altar call. One of the nights I felt I was being called to go forward. My father did the baptism. The water was cold and I was shivering.