Writing these are like watching movies of my past. Each are PDF format, and linked separately below. 
 I'll be adding more as I create them.
  
 
The Cabin [37 page family history on our lake cabin]
San Francisco Cacophony Society memoirs
My ALS journey, short condensed version
My ALS journey, in long (unfinished) form
Remembering Carrie Galbraith and her valuable influences.
  *** and a visual presentation, The Atomic Cafe
 [a mostly true story. My first Cacophony Society event of '89] 
A brief memory of my brothers memory
Movie theaters of San Francisco I have known, and beyond
San Francisco impressions - Part One
A Chronological Outline with Intersections, 1988-96
Living in The Mission, 1988-1994
1989 -Part One, Academy, Yosemite, etc
1989 -Part Two, the eventful autumn, Cacophony, the earthquake, etc
The 1989 quake (excerpt from the essay above)
California 1984 (Part One, May-June)
Times on Nicollet Island (1981-83)