Jera Best:  

In high school I was a nobody, with very few friends, chubby pimpled and poor. No car No girl . One of the many nobodies no one noticed and if they did it was seldom positive. I didn't hate school but I didn't like it much. Lived in grandparents garage with my three younger sisters and mother. No clue where my dad had gotten off to or exactly why. I worked a full time job and barely managed to get through it all. Most of my high school days have long since faded away with the exception of a few horrid awkward memories. I joined the service got married and had some kids, pretty typical of guys in my social cast in those days. Then in 1982 I lost my wife and kids. Left the service shortly there after and drifted along for a few years. found myself in California, and then Wyoming. Wyoming is a big empty place with few people and few conversations. I fit in there and settled down to a quiet existence. There's more winter in Wyoming than anything else. It's cold and harsh and stretches on like the landscape. ...Expand for more