Robohobo,

It’s late, but here’s mine. Grew up in the Depression in OK, with lots of books and music. Kids had music lessons back then. My family would sing around the piano at night, mostly old Southern or Irish folk classics, Mother playing and singing alto with my Sis. me soprano and Dad’s Irish tenor.

Dad volunteered for the army the day after Pearl Harbor.

Was a music major my first college year. Lots of classics, opera. I guess the last contemporary composers I liked were Villa-Lobos and Roger Williams (especially the score for “Private Ryan.)

Former university teacher (economics) and former Lefty. Did some prison time for one of my Lefty projects. Learned a lot there. Also became a Christian there, and after parole to California, seminary and the pastorate. Pastored 3 churches, one Hispanic. Started and ran 2 very large homeless shelters, where we pioneered in getting families OUT of homelessness, with high success rates over the years.

Finished moving to the Right in 1989 when the Berlin Wall fell. Don’t know how anyone managed to stay Leftist after the unimpeded view we got of the Soviet disaster then.

Left California for Austin, to be near my grandson, from age 6 to 18. (Also have lots of adopted grandkids, since you can never have enough grandkids.) Started another charity in Austin, getting people off welfare, and pastored another church near here.

Austin is a good place for being outdoors, and for food, music – lots of things. Austin’s Leftist, true, but still in Texas. Near my family. Works for me.