John Kinsworthy:  

Well, I was writing this in a note to someone but it got toooo long so here it is for anybody that can't sleep and has run out of telephone directories to read. I stuck around the Valley until 83. Took me a long time to get my degree from ASU. I did leave Mesa High in January, a semester early and went to OH in April to help my uncle clean up my grandmother's place after a tornado had come through (about 150 tornadoes in a two day period that April across 13 states). Stayed for about 6 months came back and went to MCC while working for a cropduster, then some travel up through California, OR, WA, etc. and worked in Yellowstone and then a farm outside of Velva, ND. Back to AZ (that cold was toooo much even in September!) and working with a cactus company between Marana and Globe then back to school at Phoenix Community College (high point running the rat lab and taking care of the 45 or so subject rodents) and working in record stores (thank goodness I didn't stay with that business!). Finally finished up and got a job with a company in Phx that transferred me to CA (lived between LA and Long Beach). Mom died in 85 and I ended up moving dad back to OH the end of that year and stayed there for a year working for my uncle. Moved to Tucson and worked computer retail until 90 and went to Mexico City supposedly for 3 months and stayed there for five years teaching English, getting a Master's and then working in the administration of a private university. It was wonderful. I had rented the house of the Spanish teacher I took lessons from in Tucson. It was in an old colonial village called Coyoacan that was swallowed up by the sprawl of MX City. It was like traveling back in time with narrow, cobblestone streets, a beautiful plaza with a 16th century ch...Expand for more