Patrick Burk:  

In my senior year at Aquinas, I became the default "beatnik" due partly to the popularity of Maynard G. Krebs on TV's Dobie Gillis and the fact that I could draw. ¿worked for me¿ Shortly after graduation, My Army Family travelled to Germany, where I attended the U. of Maryland's branch in Munich. Munich became (and still is) my favorite city, followed closely by Vancouver, B.C. I loved Europe, felt very comfortable and, when I enlisted in '62, managed to find my way back to it, working as a Civil Affairs clerk and German translator until '65, when I left the service and migrated to Maryland/DC area where many of my Munich people were already well established. I spent some GI bill money pursuing history courses at Maryland, but the 60s were beginning to offer a lot of distractions for natural counter-culture types and I jumped in with all four feet: I grew a LOT of hair, formed an interesting but doomed rock/blues group, did underground comix and illustrations for alternative publications, ran a Head Shop and had a great time. Did the Democratic Convention (and riots) in Chicago, Woodstock, and formed the frie...Expand for more