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I have had several requests for more stories from the early days at Esalen. I intend to keep posting as long as I can remember the rich variety of experiences. It is my pleasure to provide this transitory window into a history of a place that remains unique. My viewpoint may be fairly unique, I was an "outside" worker at Esalen, and thus like a fly on the wall. Staff was inside and outside at that time, office, housekeeping, etc, and construction and maintenance.
Anyway, any requests will jog my memory, so feel free. As I age, my memory has begun to fade. Hopefully I can get this down.
Future posts will include:
The Omellete
Alan Ginsberg, Peter and Julius Orlovsky and I meet at the baths.
Fritz meets his match.
Michael Murphy and tuneups.
Dennis Murphy punches me out.
The Grateful Dead at Esalen.
Undercover
Ecologically unsound
Big Sur Folk Festivals
Partington Canyon
The Barn
Selig's curse
I punch out a Time Mag reporter
JIm the Evangelical, Greg and a knife fight.
Pat Cassidy
Dick and his method of telling who his friends were
and others
Buzz
The energy you are investing here is much appreciated. Your personal perspective is unique and unbiased with just a dash of j'ne sais quoi that makes reading your tales delightful.
having been raised in rural Ireland and boarding schools far and wide.
I was looking at the concerts from Big Sur and I think it was 1969 but not sure as some of the links did not have dates on them. Was it usual for people to be stoned outta their heads or was this typical of the times. How did people combine work and play. Was there a lot of 'free love' about.
Signed: Curious in Connecticut.
and after those, got any john heider, will shutz, seymour carter, or more dick stories?? i'm greedy, huh?
One day John, Seymour and I were standing around in the parking lot circle talking and decided to see who the "biggest" man was. We all unzipped and pulled out our equipment and measure with a tape measure. I believe John won.
Gracious Thanks