Rebecca Rosenbaum:
CLASS OF 1969
Eastchester High SchoolClass of 1969
Eastchester, NY
University of South Dakota - Fine ArtsClass of 1976
Vermillion, SD
Connecticut CollegeClass of 1973
New london, CT
Rebecca's Story
ehs-conecticut college-anti war activist
dropout-supermarket checker (waldbaums!)
back to school: univ of SOUTH DAKOTA
(cheap/low gelt/low guilt)
back to cc-ba in history
back to sd-cheap livin', sd hippie days
art school-work at loonie bin-other jobs
migrant labor-apple tree in idaho
mail from iowa:job at feminist health clinic, iowa city-patient advocate
yoga class.poetry readings.
read 1st pome aloud.guy liked it.1st ia bf-moved to cape cod in winter, tried 2 b writers. needed more than one another...small ny hang
back to ic. jobs. (low level health care.)(nurse aid etc)
apple picker.bean walker.
anti nuke activist-pentagon 4-28-1980.sit in all day next to steve marsden who is now my hub after 22 yrs living together b4 do it ourselves wedding(5-26-02)
b4 that:back to south dakota.
peacenik walk sf to ny. not all. did some sd and ne, did des moines to chicago, buffalo to nyc. great way to get in shape.that was 1982.(potlucks and speaking engagements in churches. sex in bell towers and sunday school rooms. (shhhhh...)
arrests for good causes.lived at des moines catholic worker. u know who is dorothy day? nothing conventional here. free lunch helper for 25 yrs. fd 4 poor. moved to ic 3rd time.steve works at library. i do odd jobs, organize projects, and write. recovering from heart disease. mayo clinic yay! hope 2 get 2 reunion & hear lotsa stories. have also done oral hisory.love nature, cats, gardening, the ocean, and the new yorker. love canoes and the woods w/o mosquitos. love red maple trees, jewish stuff, carrot juice, beets. no meat. no nukes. no power tools..folks r
living tho i worry. love 2 go back east.want to do nyc & camping& reunion.more to say but, later, and best to you all. i think i didn't answer the ??.hope ppl remember me as nice!!!
2 many dead friends lately/lookin fwd 2 c some live ones. oh yeah. went to woodstock. had no sex no drugs.anyone else can say that? tell me! via echester at gmail......
2 blow off steam: lie on the floor take .25alprazolam w/cat on stomach...later,have herbal tea....
If I'm going to work somewhere, I need to have a cat or 5, lots of meds and a bottle of water to be able to deal with the day-to-day.& clean air & fresh air breaks...also, luna bars, apple chips, or other healthy snax...
DAN BERN A SINGERSONGWRITER is my main live hero. check out his web site. he rocks and speaks truth!! danbern.com
LOUISA MAY ALCOTT WAS MY HERO WHEN I WAS A KID AND SHE STILL IS ON MY HERO LIST BUTNOWADAYS I LOOK 4 LIVE HEROS!
my physical therapist is also my hero!! so is my convicted felon of a moral absolutist husband. i have lots of dead heros too including abbie hoffman and moses...
lived in ny ct mass south dakota and iowa mostly and short sojourns in idaho and calif....
no tv 4 me except colbert in motels. in love with 5 cats and like all cats. even sea lions who are not cats but i grooved on 'em just the other week. i scream when i c a mouse but i am gett...Expand for more
ing better & now just say help, mouse!
biggest surprise: 4 got to have kids. the eggs got old. maybe we should not chastize teen moms. the fertile babes...
also: in 1970 we were SURE weed would be legal & available by now, right??
oh i usually dress like a slob. am a dirt girl. need 2 have my hands in it.lotsa gardening & work at home. clean undies tho ;.)
wierdest job= sanding wavy edges on jesus plaques....really.ok might think of something wierder. drove cab in nyc for 3 days. way too stressful1!! stuck it out long enough to pay 4 license..
in 10 yrs i hope to be alive & in a world w/o war & a body w/o pain & to laugh a lot& to have published & to be doing visual art & to have LOTS of flowers & veggies& still to be doing a lot of what i do now. also swimm more & to go to beaches which means some more buckeroos. & to have the same loving & healthy & handsome husband i have now. & not to have to take so many pills esp. the warfarin. & to have universal health care in the usa & to move someplace less humid & moldy & to have a community & to have happy cats & no mice & to be closer to a groovy synagog & to be closer to diverse terrain & to be active & to be thinner & to have a better command of spanish as that is the language that is most needed...got hooked on this computer classmate tonight & day is breaking. ok also want to have healthier habits & keep my circadian rhythms more normal, & not have refux. & learn more about herbs. & grow more of 'em. like, have you had organic chocolate with maca and lacuna in it? it rocks. oh also to have chosen family/kids of my friends in my life esp.some really wise 5 year old girls. & to make friends with bicycles again & maybe horse riding. forget about tennis. yes tho swim more....hike more...
oh hey checking those???:i am lucky i did get to see sylvia rosen the teacher of 4 yr old me at genesis nursery school b4 she died, back when we were both alleged adults in the 80's.
also re alleged adults i got to be an in loco (?) parent for 10 15 yr olds on a bike ride from mass to nova scotia (with american youth hostels) in 1974. that was a lesson in loneliness, & lovely nature, & NOT to bike in a damp suit....enough about me...what is up with YOU??? peace& happiness, rosenbaum.rebecca & you can find me at gmail &on facebook.
childhood memories they ask?ok:
painting the house with mud & water after watching a grownup paint it white.
feeding my brother toilet paper & water mashed up with red berries from a bush.
showing the kids in the hood that my brother loved chocolate so much he would drink mud & water...(note mud theme)..asking mom how come my sister was red & wrinkly & didn't look at all like my doll when she came home from being born in the hospital...
dancing in the living room to west side story....
not wild in hs but bad girl thing: shoplifting albumns at cross co shop cen after brief sanctioned trip 2sarah lawrence libr...it was just so close....
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