The Boy from Bolinas
In the summer of 1972, I was living with Hector Prestera, MD and his two kids in a house four miles up a dirt road on the mountain above Esalen. We became close friends with a family from Bolinas, California.
The First Scar
It was 1973 when Hector Prestera and I moved from living in a wonderful hand-made wooden house on Hudson’s Mountain, 1500 feet above Esalen, into Carmel Valley.
Rolfing Stories, Legends, and Lore
Sharon Wheeler is currently revising these stories of Dr. Rolf and early years at Esalen. Please check back soon.
Blue Lu and the White Witch: A Memoir of New Orleans
My memoir recounts the highlights from stories Al Rose told me in New Orleans, and how I helped legendary jazz and blues singer, Blue Lu Barker.
One Artistic Experiment
The GI Bill was paying my way through college until I either got a four-year degree or I turned 28. According to a guidance counselor I tested “off the charts at three-dimensional puzzle solving, but it was just too bad that there wasn’t anything I could do with it.”