JaLong, Marshall, Marc:
I so much appreciate reading your postings. I think all of you are able to keep in mind the fact that the Seed was essentially a bunch of kids (and a couple of adults) packed into an emotional pressure cooker - and some reacted better than others. I had a great oldcomer. He was a funny, intellegent, hard-working kid from a large Irish Catholic family from Cleveland's West side working class neighborhood. He could sing beautifully, he told hysterical stories, and he worked his ass off as a construction worker. He was also a real hard ass about Seed doctrine, which made my home life, moral inventories, etc. a real hell. I understand he has become a massage therapist, which kind of freaks me out - he was super macho.
I always heard about Susie Connors. People would reminisce about her beauty, gentleness, kindness - or sometimes would talk about what a hard ass she was. I understand that she was adopted by Art and later died of cancer. That seems so sad to me, even though I never met her.
I also think of Evie, who was a staff member. She was so sweet natured, so pretty, and so kind. But she could also be really Seed-tough too. When I started working at a hospital she was really intrizued, she ended up becoming a nurse and drifted away from the Seed. Maybe that was her big break to be her own person.