Thomas Burke:  

Life Been a few places , also been home again off and on. After Redwood and a year at College Of Marin, moved to Spokane Washington. Beautiful country , four very distinct seasons, lakes and mountains , and a lot of high plains. Got married , divorced , learned a lot about the restaurant and bar business. Came home in '74 for six months then went back and got to work the graveyard shift at the 1974 Worlds Fair in Spokane. It was also there at about 2 or 3 o'clock in the afternoon in 1980 that the sky grew almost as dark as the night in the middle of the afternoon and for 3 days and nights it rained gray ash on the city. Mount St. Helens had blown its top and we were in the path of the ashes. Moved back to Southern Ca. that year to Apple Valley. High desert area between San Bernadino and Barstow. rode my motorcycle out in the desert...Expand for more