Kenneth Harris:  

Life I left La Grange in 1978 and went to Sonoma County Ca where I worked in a winery and for a beverage distributor until 1981-82. I got married during these years and divorced in 1985. I spent 83-84 in Illinois during the divorce activity doing much of nothing, I did some painting at that time; mostly watercolor. I travelled back to Santa Rosa (same county) in 85 and spent a year there. I moved to Portland OR in 86 and lived the next 6 years working and living in the "Burnside District" with homeless people. I found this to be a great education. I enjoyed my time in Oregon, did alot of pencil art, some soul searching, found I really had one. I don't want to over-glamorize the work I did in Portland. I was a night manager in a funded public housing building and did alot of janitor and maintenance work. This also left me interactive with the local community as a manager and ally to services and alternatives to homelessness. I left in 91 and lived the next year on a different level with the community as a homeless volunteer as I travelled a little. Never underestimate what you have. If you make life a little more pleasant for the people around you; you win. There is no more than life. In 1992 I went to Kansas City, Kansas and while there answered an ad that landed me a job in Yellowstone National Park. I did some dishes, bussed, and waited tables in the summers...Expand for more